#BCAE34#BCAE34

#BCAE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE34
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -8.67, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 61.43, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0301 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.138 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4965, 41.2130, 9.2806)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE34 #3442BC

analogous

#BC6A34 #BCAE34 #86BC34

triadic

#BCAE34 #34BCAE #AE34BC

tetradic

#BCAE34 #34BC6A #3442BC #BC3486

square

#BCAE34 #34BC6A #3442BC #BC3486

split-complementary

#BCAE34 #3486BC #6A34BC

monochromatic

#5C5519 #8C8227 #BCAE34 #D2C65B #DFD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE34

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE34	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)

#BEA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c574',
    500: '#bcae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae34;
$custom-light: #d4c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.824,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74122,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE34

secondary

#838AC9

accent

#58E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE34

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

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