#BCAE51#BCAE51

#BCAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.115 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE51
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -6.86, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 49.18, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.0217 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.115 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3616, 41.5590, 13.8366)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE51 #515FBC

analogous

#BC7951 #BCAE51 #94BC51

triadic

#BCAE51 #51BCAE #AE51BC

tetradic

#BCAE51 #51BC79 #515FBC #BC5194

square

#BCAE51 #51BC79 #515FBC #BC5194

split-complementary

#BCAE51 #5194BC #7951BC

monochromatic

#6A6129 #968A3A #BCAE51 #CDC37D #DED7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE51

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE51	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)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.115 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bcae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae51;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7439,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE51

secondary

#9DA3CC

accent

#64D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE51

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

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