#BCAE44#BCAE44

#BCAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE44
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -7.78, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 55.02, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0258 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9199, 41.3823, 11.5106)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE44 #4452BC

analogous

#BC7244 #BCAE44 #8EBC44

triadic

#BCAE44 #44BCAE #AE44BC

tetradic

#BCAE44 #44BC72 #4452BC #BC448E

square

#BCAE44 #44BC72 #4452BC #BC448E

split-complementary

#BCAE44 #448EBC #7244BC

monochromatic

#625B23 #8F8533 #BCAE44 #CCC271 #DCD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE44

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE44	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57d',
    500: '#bcae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae44;
$custom-light: #d3c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74253,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE44

secondary

#9399C9

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE44

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

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