#BCAE59#BCAE59

#BCAE59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE59
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -6.20, 44.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 45.38, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0189 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.108 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6795, 41.6861, 15.5107)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE59 #5967BC

analogous

#BC7D59 #BCAE59 #99BC59

triadic

#BCAE59 #59BCAE #AE59BC

tetradic

#BCAE59 #59BC7D #5967BC #BC5999

square

#BCAE59 #59BC7D #5967BC #BC5999

split-complementary

#BCAE59 #5999BC #7D59BC

monochromatic

#6E652C #9A8D3E #BCAE59 #CEC385 #DFD9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE59

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE59	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58a',
    500: '#bcae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae59;
$custom-light: #d2c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74489,
    "c": 0.1077,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE59

secondary

#A3A9CD

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE59

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

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