#BCAE5B#BCAE5B

#BCAE5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE5B
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -6.03, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 44.41, 97.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0182 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.106 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7646, 41.7202, 15.9590)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE5B #5B69BC

analogous

#BC7E5B #BCAE5B #9ABC5B

triadic

#BCAE5B #5BBCAE #AE5BBC

tetradic

#BCAE5B #5BBC7E #5B69BC #BC5B9A

square

#BCAE5B #5BBC7E #5B69BC #BC5B9A

split-complementary

#BCAE5B #5B9ABC #7E5BBC

monochromatic

#6F662D #9B8D3F #BCAE5B #CEC386 #E0D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#BCAE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE5B

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE5B	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)

#BCAA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58b',
    500: '#bcae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae5b;
$custom-light: #d2c58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74515,
    "c": 0.10571,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE5B

secondary

#A5ABCE

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE5B

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

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