#BCAE65#BCAE65

#BCAE65 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.095 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE65
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -5.09, 39.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 39.45, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0144 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.095 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2251, 41.9044, 18.3842)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE65 #6573BC

analogous

#BC8365 #BCAE65 #9FBC65

triadic

#BCAE65 #65BCAE #AE65BC

tetradic

#BCAE65 #65BC83 #6573BC #BC659F

square

#BCAE65 #65BC83 #6573BC #BC659F

split-complementary

#BCAE65 #659FBC #8365BC

monochromatic

#746A33 #9F9045 #BCAE65 #CFC490 #E1DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE65

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE65	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB068

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.095 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c692',
    500: '#bcae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae65;
$custom-light: #d2c692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.345,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74657,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE65

secondary

#ADB2D0

accent

#6CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE65

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

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