#BCAE3E#BCAE3E

#BCAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.131 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE3E
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -8.14, 56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 57.54, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0276 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.131 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7461, 41.3128, 10.5951)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE3E #3E4CBC

analogous

#BC6F3E #BCAE3E #8BBC3E

triadic

#BCAE3E #3EBCAE #AE3EBC

tetradic

#BCAE3E #3EBC6F #3E4CBC #BC3E8B

square

#BCAE3E #3EBC6F #3E4CBC #BC3E8B

split-complementary

#BCAE3E #3E8BBC #6F3EBC

monochromatic

#605920 #8E832F #BCAE3E #CEC36A #DDD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE3E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE3E	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)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.131 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bcae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae3e;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74199,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE3E

secondary

#8D94C9

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE3E

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

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