#BCAE43#BCAE43

#BCAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE43
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -7.84, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 55.45, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0261 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8897, 41.3702, 11.3512)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE43 #4351BC

analogous

#BC7243 #BCAE43 #8DBC43

triadic

#BCAE43 #43BCAE #AE43BC

tetradic

#BCAE43 #43BC72 #4351BC #BC438D

square

#BCAE43 #43BC72 #4351BC #BC438D

split-complementary

#BCAE43 #438DBC #7243BC

monochromatic

#625A23 #8F8433 #BCAE43 #CCC170 #DCD59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#BCAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE43

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE43	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	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)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57c',
    500: '#bcae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae43;
$custom-light: #d3c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74244,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE43

secondary

#9299C9

accent

#60D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE43

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

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