#BCAE40#BCAE40

#BCAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE40
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -8.03, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 56.72, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.027 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.8020, 41.3351, 10.8894)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE40 #404EBC

analogous

#BC7040 #BCAE40 #8CBC40

triadic

#BCAE40 #40BCAE #AE40BC

tetradic

#BCAE40 #40BC70 #404EBC #BC408C

square

#BCAE40 #40BC70 #404EBC #BC408C

split-complementary

#BCAE40 #408CBC #7040BC

monochromatic

#615921 #8E8430 #BCAE40 #CDC26C #DDD59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE40

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE40	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bcae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae40;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74217,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE40

secondary

#8F96C9

accent

#5FD94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE40

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

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