#BCAE49#BCAE49

#BCAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE49
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -7.45, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 52.83, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0243 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0791, 41.4460, 12.3488)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE49 #4957BC

analogous

#BC7449 #BCAE49 #90BC49

triadic

#BCAE49 #49BCAE #AE49BC

tetradic

#BCAE49 #49BC74 #4957BC #BC4990

square

#BCAE49 #49BC74 #4957BC #BC4990

split-complementary

#BCAE49 #4990BC #7449BC

monochromatic

#655E25 #928736 #BCAE49 #CCC276 #DDD6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE49

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE49	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)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c580',
    500: '#bcae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae49;
$custom-light: #d3c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74303,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE49

secondary

#979DCA

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE49

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

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