#BCAE5D#BCAE5D

#BCAE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.104 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE5D
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 93)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -5.85, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 43.43, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.54% -0.0174 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.54% 0.104 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8520, 41.7552, 16.4195)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE5D #5D6BBC

analogous

#BC7E5D #BCAE5D #9ABC5D

triadic

#BCAE5D #5DBCAE #AE5DBC

tetradic

#BCAE5D #5DBC7E #5D6BBC #BC5D9A

square

#BCAE5D #5DBC7E #5D6BBC #BC5D9A

split-complementary

#BCAE5D #5D9ABC #7E5DBC

monochromatic

#70672E #9B8E40 #BCAE5D #CEC488 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#BCAE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE5D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE5D	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)

#BBAA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.104 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68d',
    500: '#bcae5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae5d;
$custom-light: #d2c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74542,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE5D

secondary

#A6ACCE

accent

#69D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE5D

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

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