#BCAE38#BCAE38

#BCAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.135 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE38
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -8.47, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 59.93, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0291 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5905, 41.2505, 9.7754)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE38 #3846BC

analogous

#BC6C38 #BCAE38 #88BC38

triadic

#BCAE38 #38BCAE #AE38BC

tetradic

#BCAE38 #38BC6C #3846BC #BC3888

square

#BCAE38 #38BC6C #3846BC #BC3888

split-complementary

#BCAE38 #3888BC #6C38BC

monochromatic

#5E571C #8D822A #BCAE38 #D0C461 #DED690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE38

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE38	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)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bcae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae38;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74151,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE38

secondary

#878EC9

accent

#5ADD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE38

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

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