#BCAE3D#BCAE3D

#BCAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.132 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE3D
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -8.20, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 57.95, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0278 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.132 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7189, 41.3019, 10.4519)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE3D #3D4BBC

analogous

#BC6F3D #BCAE3D #8BBC3D

triadic

#BCAE3D #3DBCAE #AE3DBC

tetradic

#BCAE3D #3DBC6F #3D4BBC #BC3D8B

square

#BCAE3D #3DBC6F #3D4BBC #BC3D8B

split-complementary

#BCAE3D #3D8BBC #6F3DBC

monochromatic

#60581F #8E832E #BCAE3D #CEC368 #DDD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE3D

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE3D	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)

#BEA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.132 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bcae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae3d;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE3D

secondary

#8C93C9

accent

#5DDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE3D

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

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