#BCAE48#BCAE48

#BCAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE48
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -7.52, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 53.28, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0246 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0462, 41.4328, 12.1756)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE48 #4856BC

analogous

#BC7448 #BCAE48 #90BC48

triadic

#BCAE48 #48BCAE #AE48BC

tetradic

#BCAE48 #48BC74 #4856BC #BC4890

square

#BCAE48 #48BC74 #4856BC #BC4890

split-complementary

#BCAE48 #4890BC #7448BC

monochromatic

#655D25 #928635 #BCAE48 #CCC275 #DDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE48

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE48	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57f',
    500: '#bcae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae48;
$custom-light: #d3c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74293,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE48

secondary

#969CCA

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE48

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

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