#BCAE36#BCAE36

#BCAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE36
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -8.57, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 60.69, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0296 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5425, 41.2314, 9.5229)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE36 #3644BC

analogous

#BC6B36 #BCAE36 #87BC36

triadic

#BCAE36 #36BCAE #AE36BC

tetradic

#BCAE36 #36BC6B #3644BC #BC3687

square

#BCAE36 #36BC6B #3644BC #BC3687

split-complementary

#BCAE36 #3687BC #6B36BC

monochromatic

#5D561B #8C8228 #BCAE36 #D1C55E #DFD68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE36

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE36	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bcae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae36;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74136,
    "c": 0.13665,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE36

secondary

#858CC9

accent

#59DF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE36

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

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