#BCAE4A#BCAE4A

#BCAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE4A
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -7.38, 51.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 52.39, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.024 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1125, 41.4594, 12.5248)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE4A #4A58BC

analogous

#BC754A #BCAE4A #91BC4A

triadic

#BCAE4A #4ABCAE #AE4ABC

tetradic

#BCAE4A #4ABC75 #4A58BC #BC4A91

square

#BCAE4A #4ABC75 #4A58BC #BC4A91

split-complementary

#BCAE4A #4A91BC #754ABC

monochromatic

#665E26 #938736 #BCAE4A #CDC277 #DDD6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE4A

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE4A	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)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c580',
    500: '#bcae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae4a;
$custom-light: #d3c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE4A

secondary

#989ECA

accent

#62D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE4A

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

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