#BCAE53#BCAE53

#BCAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE53
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -6.70, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 48.24, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.021 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.113 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4377, 41.5894, 14.2375)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE53 #5361BC

analogous

#BC7953 #BCAE53 #95BC53

triadic

#BCAE53 #53BCAE #AE53BC

tetradic

#BCAE53 #53BC79 #5361BC #BC5395

square

#BCAE53 #53BC79 #5361BC #BC5395

split-complementary

#BCAE53 #5395BC #7953BC

monochromatic

#6B622A #978B3B #BCAE53 #CDC37F #DED7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE53

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE53	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c586',
    500: '#bcae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae53;
$custom-light: #d2c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74414,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE53

secondary

#9FA5CC

accent

#65D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE53

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

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