#BCAE37#BCAE37

#BCAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE37
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -8.52, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 60.31, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0294 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.136 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5663, 41.2409, 9.6479)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE37 #3745BC

analogous

#BC6B37 #BCAE37 #88BC37

triadic

#BCAE37 #37BCAE #AE37BC

tetradic

#BCAE37 #37BC6B #3745BC #BC3788

square

#BCAE37 #37BC6B #3745BC #BC3788

split-complementary

#BCAE37 #3788BC #6B37BC

monochromatic

#5D561B #8D8229 #BCAE37 #D0C560 #DED68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE37

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE37	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)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bcae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae37;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.13599,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE37

secondary

#868DC9

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE37

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

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