#BCAE56#BCAE56

#BCAE56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE56
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -6.46, 46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 46.82, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.02 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5560, 41.6368, 14.8607)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE56 #5664BC

analogous

#BC7B56 #BCAE56 #97BC56

triadic

#BCAE56 #56BCAE #AE56BC

tetradic

#BCAE56 #56BC7B #5664BC #BC5697

square

#BCAE56 #56BC7B #5664BC #BC5697

split-complementary

#BCAE56 #5697BC #7B56BC

monochromatic

#6D642B #988C3C #BCAE56 #CDC382 #DFD8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE56

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE56	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c588',
    500: '#bcae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae56;
$custom-light: #d2c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE56

secondary

#A1A7CD

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE56

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

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