#BCAE46#BCAE46

#BCAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE46
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -7.65, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 54.16, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0252 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9820, 41.4072, 11.8375)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE46 #4654BC

analogous

#BC7346 #BCAE46 #8FBC46

triadic

#BCAE46 #46BCAE #AE46BC

tetradic

#BCAE46 #46BC73 #4654BC #BC468F

square

#BCAE46 #46BC73 #4654BC #BC468F

split-complementary

#BCAE46 #468FBC #7346BC

monochromatic

#645C24 #908634 #BCAE46 #CCC273 #DDD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE46

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE46	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)

#BDA93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57e',
    500: '#bcae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae46;
$custom-light: #d3c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74273,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE46

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#61D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE46

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

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