#BCAE31#BCAE31

#BCAE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE31
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -8.81, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 62.51, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0308 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4311, 41.1868, 8.9360)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE31 #313FBC

analogous

#BC6931 #BCAE31 #85BC31

triadic

#BCAE31 #31BCAE #AE31BC

tetradic

#BCAE31 #31BC69 #313FBC #BC3185

square

#BCAE31 #31BC69 #313FBC #BC3185

split-complementary

#BCAE31 #3185BC #6931BC

monochromatic

#5B5418 #8B8124 #BCAE31 #D3C757 #E0D788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE31

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE31	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)

#BEA819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c572',
    500: '#bcae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae31;
$custom-light: #d4c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74101,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE31

secondary

#7F87CA

accent

#56E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE31

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

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