#BCAE41#BCAE41

#BCAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE41
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -7.97, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 56.30, 98.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0267 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.8307, 41.3466, 11.0407)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE41 #414FBC

analogous

#BC7141 #BCAE41 #8DBC41

triadic

#BCAE41 #41BCAE #AE41BC

tetradic

#BCAE41 #41BC71 #414FBC #BC418D

square

#BCAE41 #41BC71 #414FBC #BC418D

split-complementary

#BCAE41 #418DBC #7141BC

monochromatic

#615A22 #8F8431 #BCAE41 #CDC26E #DCD59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE41

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE41	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)

#BDA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57b',
    500: '#bcae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae41;
$custom-light: #d3c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE41

secondary

#9097C9

accent

#5FD850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE41

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

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