#BCAE3F#BCAE3F

#BCAE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE3F
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -8.09, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 57.13, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0273 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7738, 41.3239, 10.7409)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE3F #3F4DBC

analogous

#BC703F #BCAE3F #8CBC3F

triadic

#BCAE3F #3FBCAE #AE3FBC

tetradic

#BCAE3F #3FBC70 #3F4DBC #BC3F8C

square

#BCAE3F #3FBC70 #3F4DBC #BC3F8C

split-complementary

#BCAE3F #3F8CBC #703FBC

monochromatic

#605920 #8E8430 #BCAE3F #CDC26B #DDD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE3F

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE3F	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)

#BEA930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bcae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae3f;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE3F

secondary

#8E95C9

accent

#5ED94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE3F

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

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