#BCAE3A#BCAE3A

#BCAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE3A
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -8.37, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 59.15, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0286 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6404, 41.2705, 10.0382)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE3A #3A48BC

analogous

#BC6D3A #BCAE3A #89BC3A

triadic

#BCAE3A #3ABCAE #AE3ABC

tetradic

#BCAE3A #3ABC6D #3A48BC #BC3A89

square

#BCAE3A #3ABC6D #3A48BC #BC3A89

split-complementary

#BCAE3A #3A89BC #6D3ABC

monochromatic

#5E571D #8D832C #BCAE3A #CFC464 #DED693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE3A

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE3A	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)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c577',
    500: '#bcae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae3a;
$custom-light: #d4c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74167,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE3A

secondary

#8990C9

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE3A

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

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