#BCAE3C#BCAE3C

#BCAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE3C
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -8.26, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 58.35, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0281 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6922, 41.2912, 10.3114)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE3C #3C4ABC

analogous

#BC6E3C #BCAE3C #8ABC3C

triadic

#BCAE3C #3CBCAE #AE3CBC

tetradic

#BCAE3C #3CBC6E #3C4ABC #BC3C8A

square

#BCAE3C #3CBC6E #3C4ABC #BC3C8A

split-complementary

#BCAE3C #3C8ABC #6E3CBC

monochromatic

#5F581E #8E832D #BCAE3C #CEC367 #DDD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE3C

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE3C	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c578',
    500: '#bcae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae3c;
$custom-light: #d3c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74183,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE3C

secondary

#8B92C9

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE3C

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

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