#BCAE52#BCAE52

#BCAE52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE52
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -6.78, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 48.71, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0214 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3994, 41.5741, 14.0356)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE52 #5260BC

analogous

#BC7952 #BCAE52 #95BC52

triadic

#BCAE52 #52BCAE #AE52BC

tetradic

#BCAE52 #52BC79 #5260BC #BC5295

square

#BCAE52 #52BC79 #5260BC #BC5295

split-complementary

#BCAE52 #5295BC #7952BC

monochromatic

#6A6229 #978A3A #BCAE52 #CDC37E #DED7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCAE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE52

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE52	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#BCA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bcae52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae52;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74402,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE52

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE52

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

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