#BCAE4B#BCAE4B

#BCAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE4B
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -7.31, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 51.94, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0237 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.121 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1465, 41.4729, 12.7036)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE4B #4B59BC

analogous

#BC764B #BCAE4B #92BC4B

triadic

#BCAE4B #4BBCAE #AE4BBC

tetradic

#BCAE4B #4BBC76 #4B59BC #BC4B92

square

#BCAE4B #4BBC76 #4B59BC #BC4B92

split-complementary

#BCAE4B #4B92BC #764BBC

monochromatic

#665E26 #938837 #BCAE4B #CDC278 #DDD6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#BCAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE4B

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE4B	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)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c581',
    500: '#bcae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae4b;
$custom-light: #d3c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74324,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE4B

secondary

#999FCA

accent

#63D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE4B

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

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