#BCAE54#BCAE54

#BCAE54 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE54
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 84)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -6.62, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 47.77, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0207 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4766, 41.6050, 14.4423)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE54 #5462BC

analogous

#BC7A54 #BCAE54 #96BC54

triadic

#BCAE54 #54BCAE #AE54BC

tetradic

#BCAE54 #54BC7A #5462BC #BC5496

square

#BCAE54 #54BC7A #5462BC #BC5496

split-complementary

#BCAE54 #5496BC #7A54BC

monochromatic

#6B632A #978B3B #BCAE54 #CDC380 #DED8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE54

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE54	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)

#BCA94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c587',
    500: '#bcae54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae54;
$custom-light: #d2c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74426,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE54

secondary

#A0A6CC

accent

#65D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE54

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

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