#BCAE4E#BCAE4E

#BCAE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE4E
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -7.09, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 50.57, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0227 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2516, 41.5150, 13.2572)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE4E #4E5CBC

analogous

#BC774E #BCAE4E #93BC4E

triadic

#BCAE4E #4EBCAE #AE4EBC

tetradic

#BCAE4E #4EBC77 #4E5CBC #BC4E93

square

#BCAE4E #4EBC77 #4E5CBC #BC4E93

split-complementary

#BCAE4E #4E93BC #774EBC

monochromatic

#686027 #958938 #BCAE4E #CDC27A #DED7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BCAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE4E

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE4E	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)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c583',
    500: '#bcae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae4e;
$custom-light: #d3c583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74356,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE4E

secondary

#9BA1CB

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE4E

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

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