#BCAE35#BCAE35

#BCAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.137 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE35
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -8.62, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 61.06, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0299 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.137 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5193, 41.2221, 9.4005)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE35 #3543BC

analogous

#BC6B35 #BCAE35 #86BC35

triadic

#BCAE35 #35BCAE #AE35BC

tetradic

#BCAE35 #35BC6B #3543BC #BC3586

square

#BCAE35 #35BC6B #3543BC #BC3586

split-complementary

#BCAE35 #3586BC #6B35BC

monochromatic

#5D561A #8C8228 #BCAE35 #D1C55D #DFD68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE35

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE35	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)

#BEA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.137 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c574',
    500: '#bcae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae35;
$custom-light: #d4c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74129,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE35

secondary

#848BC9

accent

#58DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE35

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

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