#BCAE5E#BCAE5E

#BCAE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.103 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE5E
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -5.76, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 42.94, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0171 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.103 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8966, 41.7730, 16.6543)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE5E #5E6CBC

analogous

#BC7F5E #BCAE5E #9BBC5E

triadic

#BCAE5E #5EBCAE #AE5EBC

tetradic

#BCAE5E #5EBC7F #5E6CBC #BC5E9B

square

#BCAE5E #5EBC7F #5E6CBC #BC5E9B

split-complementary

#BCAE5E #5E9BBC #7F5EBC

monochromatic

#71672F #9C8E41 #BCAE5E #CEC489 #E0D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#BCAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE5E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE5E	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	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)

#BBAA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.103 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68d',
    500: '#bcae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae5e;
$custom-light: #d2c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74556,
    "c": 0.10265,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE5E

secondary

#A7ADCF

accent

#69D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE5E

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

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