#BCAE57#BCAE57

#BCAE57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.110 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE57
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -6.38, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 46.34, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.0196 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.11 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5966, 41.6530, 15.0744)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE57 #5765BC

analogous

#BC7C57 #BCAE57 #98BC57

triadic

#BCAE57 #57BCAE #AE57BC

tetradic

#BCAE57 #57BC7C #5765BC #BC5798

square

#BCAE57 #57BC7C #5765BC #BC5798

split-complementary

#BCAE57 #5798BC #7C57BC

monochromatic

#6D642C #998C3D #BCAE57 #CDC383 #DFD8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#BCAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE57

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE57	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)

#BCAA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.110 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c589',
    500: '#bcae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae57;
$custom-light: #d2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74463,
    "c": 0.10967,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE57

secondary

#A2A8CD

accent

#66D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE57

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

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