#BCAE5C#BCAE5C

#BCAE5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.105 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE5C
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 92)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -5.94, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 43.92, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0178 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.105 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8080, 41.7376, 16.1877)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE5C #5C6ABC

analogous

#BC7E5C #BCAE5C #9ABC5C

triadic

#BCAE5C #5CBCAE #AE5CBC

tetradic

#BCAE5C #5CBC7E #5C6ABC #BC5C9A

square

#BCAE5C #5CBC7E #5C6ABC #BC5C9A

split-complementary

#BCAE5C #5C9ABC #7E5CBC

monochromatic

#70662E #9B8E40 #BCAE5C #CEC487 #E0D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE5C

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE5C	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.105 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68c',
    500: '#bcae5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae5c;
$custom-light: #d2c68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74529,
    "c": 0.1047,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE5C

secondary

#A6ACCE

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE5C

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

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