#BCAE45#BCAE45

#BCAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE45
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -7.72, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 54.59, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0255 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9507, 41.3946, 11.6727)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE45 #4553BC

analogous

#BC7245 #BCAE45 #8FBC45

triadic

#BCAE45 #45BCAE #AE45BC

tetradic

#BCAE45 #45BC72 #4553BC #BC458F

square

#BCAE45 #45BC72 #4553BC #BC458F

split-complementary

#BCAE45 #458FBC #7245BC

monochromatic

#635C24 #908534 #BCAE45 #CCC272 #DCD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE45

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57d',
    500: '#bcae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae45;
$custom-light: #d3c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74263,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE45

secondary

#949AC9

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE45

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

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