#BCAE5F#BCAE5F

#BCAE5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.102 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE5F
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -5.67, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 42.44, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.57% -0.0167 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.57% 0.102 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9418, 41.7910, 16.8921)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE5F #5F6DBC

analogous

#BC7F5F #BCAE5F #9BBC5F

triadic

#BCAE5F #5FBCAE #AE5FBC

tetradic

#BCAE5F #5FBC7F #5F6DBC #BC5F9B

square

#BCAE5F #5FBC7F #5F6DBC #BC5F9B

split-complementary

#BCAE5F #5F9BBC #7F5FBC

monochromatic

#71672F #9C8F41 #BCAE5F #CEC48A #E0DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE5F

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE5F	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.102 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68e',
    500: '#bcae5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae5f;
$custom-light: #d2c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7457,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE5F

secondary

#A8AECF

accent

#69D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE5F

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

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