#BCAE62#BCAE62

#BCAE62 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.098 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE62
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -5.38, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 40.95, 97.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0156 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.098 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0808, 41.8466, 17.6242)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE62 #6270BC

analogous

#BC8162 #BCAE62 #9DBC62

triadic

#BCAE62 #62BCAE #AE62BC

tetradic

#BCAE62 #62BC81 #6270BC #BC629D

square

#BCAE62 #62BC81 #6270BC #BC629D

split-complementary

#BCAE62 #629DBC #8162BC

monochromatic

#736831 #9E9043 #BCAE62 #CEC48D #E1DAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCAE62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE62

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE62	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.098 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c690',
    500: '#bcae62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae62;
$custom-light: #d2c690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74613,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE62

secondary

#AAB0CF

accent

#6AD058

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE62

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

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