#BCAE4D#BCAE4D

#BCAE4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE4D
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -7.16, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 51.03, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.023 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2160, 41.5007, 13.0698)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE4D #4D5BBC

analogous

#BC764D #BCAE4D #93BC4D

triadic

#BCAE4D #4DBCAE #AE4DBC

tetradic

#BCAE4D #4DBC76 #4D5BBC #BC4D93

square

#BCAE4D #4DBC76 #4D5BBC #BC4D93

split-complementary

#BCAE4D #4D93BC #764DBC

monochromatic

#685F27 #948838 #BCAE4D #CDC279 #DDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BCAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE4D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE4D	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c582',
    500: '#bcae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae4d;
$custom-light: #d3c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74345,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE4D

secondary

#9AA0CB

accent

#63D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE4D

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

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