#BCAE58#BCAE58

#BCAE58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE58
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -6.29, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 45.86, 97.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0193 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6378, 41.6694, 15.2911)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE58 #5866BC

analogous

#BC7C58 #BCAE58 #98BC58

triadic

#BCAE58 #58BCAE #AE58BC

tetradic

#BCAE58 #58BC7C #5866BC #BC5898

square

#BCAE58 #58BC7C #5866BC #BC5898

split-complementary

#BCAE58 #5898BC #7C58BC

monochromatic

#6E642C #998C3E #BCAE58 #CEC384 #DFD8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE58

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE58	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c589',
    500: '#bcae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae58;
$custom-light: #d2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74476,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE58

secondary

#A3A9CD

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE58

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

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