#BCAE33#BCAE33

#BCAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.139 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE33
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -8.72, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 61.80, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0304 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.139 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4742, 41.2040, 9.1632)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE33 #3341BC

analogous

#BC6A33 #BCAE33 #85BC33

triadic

#BCAE33 #33BCAE #AE33BC

tetradic

#BCAE33 #33BC6A #3341BC #BC3385

square

#BCAE33 #33BC6A #3341BC #BC3385

split-complementary

#BCAE33 #3385BC #6A33BC

monochromatic

#5C5519 #8C8126 #BCAE33 #D2C65A #DFD78A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE33

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE33	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)

#BEA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.139 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c573',
    500: '#bcae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae33;
$custom-light: #d4c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74115,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE33

secondary

#8189C9

accent

#57E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE33

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

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