#BCAE5A#BCAE5A

#BCAE5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE5A
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -6.12, 44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 44.89, 97.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0185 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.107 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.7217, 41.7030, 15.7334)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE5A #5A68BC

analogous

#BC7D5A #BCAE5A #99BC5A

triadic

#BCAE5A #5ABCAE #AE5ABC

tetradic

#BCAE5A #5ABC7D #5A68BC #BC5A99

square

#BCAE5A #5ABC7D #5A68BC #BC5A99

split-complementary

#BCAE5A #5A99BC #7D5ABC

monochromatic

#6F652D #9A8D3F #BCAE5A #CEC386 #DFD9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCAE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE5A

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE5A	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)

#BCAA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58b',
    500: '#bcae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae5a;
$custom-light: #d2c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE5A

secondary

#A4AACE

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE5A

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

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