#BCAE42#BCAE42

#BCAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE42
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -7.91, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 55.88, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0264 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.128 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8599, 41.3583, 11.1946)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE42 #4250BC

analogous

#BC7142 #BCAE42 #8DBC42

triadic

#BCAE42 #42BCAE #AE42BC

tetradic

#BCAE42 #42BC71 #4250BC #BC428D

square

#BCAE42 #42BC71 #4250BC #BC428D

split-complementary

#BCAE42 #428DBC #7142BC

monochromatic

#615A22 #8F8432 #BCAE42 #CCC26F #DCD59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE42

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE42	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)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57c',
    500: '#bcae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae42;
$custom-light: #d3c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74235,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE42

secondary

#9198C9

accent

#60D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE42

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

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