#BCAE39#BCAE39

#BCAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; 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	#BCAE39
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -8.42, 58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 59.54, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.0289 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.135 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6152, 41.2604, 9.9055)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE39 #3947BC

analogous

#BC6D39 #BCAE39 #88BC39

triadic

#BCAE39 #39BCAE #AE39BC

tetradic

#BCAE39 #39BC6D #3947BC #BC3988

square

#BCAE39 #39BC6D #3947BC #BC3988

split-complementary

#BCAE39 #3988BC #6D39BC

monochromatic

#5E571D #8D832B #BCAE39 #D0C463 #DED692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE39

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE39	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)

#BEA927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.135 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bcae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae39;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74159,
    "c": 0.13467,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE39

secondary

#888FC9

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE39

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

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