#BCAE55#BCAE55

#BCAE55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.112 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE55
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -6.54, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 47.30, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0203 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.112 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5160, 41.6208, 14.6500)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE55 #5563BC

analogous

#BC7A55 #BCAE55 #96BC55

triadic

#BCAE55 #55BCAE #AE55BC

tetradic

#BCAE55 #55BC7A #5563BC #BC5596

square

#BCAE55 #55BC7A #5563BC #BC5596

split-complementary

#BCAE55 #5596BC #7A55BC

monochromatic

#6C632B #988B3C #BCAE55 #CDC381 #DFD8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#BCAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE55

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE55	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.112 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c587',
    500: '#bcae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae55;
$custom-light: #d2c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74438,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE55

secondary

#A0A6CC

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE55

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

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