#BCAE2F#BCAE2F

#BCAE2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.141 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE2F
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -8.90, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 63.21, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0312 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.141 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3898, 41.1703, 8.7186)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE2F #2F3DBC

analogous

#BC682F #BCAE2F #83BC2F

triadic

#BCAE2F #2FBCAE #AE2FBC

tetradic

#BCAE2F #2FBC68 #2F3DBC #BC2F83

square

#BCAE2F #2FBC68 #2F3DBC #BC2F83

split-complementary

#BCAE2F #2F83BC #682FBC

monochromatic

#5A5317 #8B8123 #BCAE2F #D4C854 #E0D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCAE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE2F

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE2F	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.141 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c571',
    500: '#bcae2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae2f;
$custom-light: #d4c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74089,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE2F

secondary

#7D85CA

accent

#54E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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