#BCAE30#BCAE30

#BCAE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.140 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE30
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -8.85, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 62.86, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.031 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.14 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4102, 41.1784, 8.8261)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE30 #303EBC

analogous

#BC6830 #BCAE30 #84BC30

triadic

#BCAE30 #30BCAE #AE30BC

tetradic

#BCAE30 #30BC68 #303EBC #BC3084

square

#BCAE30 #30BC68 #303EBC #BC3084

split-complementary

#BCAE30 #3084BC #6830BC

monochromatic

#5A5417 #8B8124 #BCAE30 #D4C755 #E0D786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE30

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE30	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.140 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c572',
    500: '#bcae30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae30;
$custom-light: #d4c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE30

secondary

#7E86CA

accent

#55E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE30

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

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