#BCAE50#BCAE50

#BCAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE50
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -6.94, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 49.65, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.022 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3244, 41.5441, 13.6406)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE50 #505EBC

analogous

#BC7850 #BCAE50 #94BC50

triadic

#BCAE50 #50BCAE #AE50BC

tetradic

#BCAE50 #50BC78 #505EBC #BC5094

square

#BCAE50 #50BC78 #505EBC #BC5094

split-complementary

#BCAE50 #5094BC #7850BC

monochromatic

#696128 #968A39 #BCAE50 #CDC27C #DED7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE50

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE50	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c584',
    500: '#bcae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae50;
$custom-light: #d3c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74379,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE50

secondary

#9CA3CB

accent

#64D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE50

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

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