#BCAE60#BCAE60

#BCAE60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE60
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -5.57, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 41.95, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% -0.0163 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9875, 41.8093, 17.1331)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE60 #606EBC

analogous

#BC8060 #BCAE60 #9CBC60

triadic

#BCAE60 #60BCAE #AE60BC

tetradic

#BCAE60 #60BC80 #606EBC #BC609C

square

#BCAE60 #60BC80 #606EBC #BC609C

split-complementary

#BCAE60 #609CBC #8060BC

monochromatic

#726830 #9D8F42 #BCAE60 #CEC48B #E0DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#BCAE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE60

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE60	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)

#BBAA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68f',
    500: '#bcae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae60;
$custom-light: #d2c68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74584,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE60

secondary

#A9AFCF

accent

#6AD157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE60

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

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