#BCAE4F#BCAE4F

#BCAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE4F
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -7.01, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 50.11, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0224 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(37.2877, 41.5294, 13.4475)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE4F #4F5DBC

analogous

#BC784F #BCAE4F #93BC4F

triadic

#BCAE4F #4FBCAE #AE4FBC

tetradic

#BCAE4F #4FBC78 #4F5DBC #BC4F93

square

#BCAE4F #4FBC78 #4F5DBC #BC4F93

split-complementary

#BCAE4F #4F93BC #784FBC

monochromatic

#696028 #958939 #BCAE4F #CDC27B #DED7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#BCAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE4F

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE4F	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c584',
    500: '#bcae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae4f;
$custom-light: #d3c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74367,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE4F

secondary

#9CA2CB

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE4F

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

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