#BCAE47#BCAE47

#BCAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE47
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, -7.58, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 53.72, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0249 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0139, 41.4199, 12.0052)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE47 #4755BC

analogous

#BC7347 #BCAE47 #8FBC47

triadic

#BCAE47 #47BCAE #AE47BC

tetradic

#BCAE47 #47BC73 #4755BC #BC478F

square

#BCAE47 #47BC73 #4755BC #BC478F

split-complementary

#BCAE47 #478FBC #7347BC

monochromatic

#645D24 #918635 #BCAE47 #CCC274 #DDD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#BCAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE47

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE47	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)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57f',
    500: '#bcae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae47;
$custom-light: #d3c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74283,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE47

secondary

#959CC9

accent

#61D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE47

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

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