#BCAE63#BCAE63

#BCAE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.097 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE63
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 99)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -5.29, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 40.45, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0152 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.097 99)
XYZ	xyz(38.1283, 41.8657, 17.8744)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE63 #6371BC

analogous

#BC8263 #BCAE63 #9EBC63

triadic

#BCAE63 #63BCAE #AE63BC

tetradic

#BCAE63 #63BC82 #6371BC #BC639E

square

#BCAE63 #63BC82 #6371BC #BC639E

split-complementary

#BCAE63 #639EBC #8263BC

monochromatic

#736931 #9E9044 #BCAE63 #CEC48E #E1DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BCAE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE63

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE63	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)

#BBAA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.097 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c691',
    500: '#bcae63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae63;
$custom-light: #d2c691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.562,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.41864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE63

secondary

#ABB1D0

accent

#6BD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE63

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

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