#BCAA5E#BCAA5E

#BCAA5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.099 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAA5E
RGB	rgb(188, 170, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -3.64, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 41.42, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.011 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.099 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1353, 40.2504, 16.4005)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAA5E #5E70BC

analogous

#BC7B5E #BCAA5E #9FBC5E

triadic

#BCAA5E #5EBCAA #AA5EBC

tetradic

#BCAA5E #5EBC7B #5E70BC #BC5E9F

square

#BCAA5E #5EBC7B #5E70BC #BC5E9F

split-complementary

#BCAA5E #5E9FBC #7B5EBC

monochromatic

#71642F #9C8A41 #BCAA5E #CEC189 #E0D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#BCAA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#BCAA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAA5E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAA5E	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaa5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 170, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.099 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c38d',
    500: '#bcaa5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaa5e;
$custom-light: #d2c38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaa5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73712,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAA5E

secondary

#A7AFCF

accent

#6ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAA5E

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

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