#BCAE66#BCAE66

#BCAE66 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.094 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE66
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -4.99, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 38.95, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.014 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.094 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2744, 41.9241, 18.6438)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE66 #6674BC

analogous

#BC8366 #BCAE66 #9FBC66

triadic

#BCAE66 #66BCAE #AE66BC

tetradic

#BCAE66 #66BC83 #6674BC #BC669F

square

#BCAE66 #66BC83 #6674BC #BC669F

split-complementary

#BCAE66 #669FBC #8366BC

monochromatic

#756A33 #9F9146 #BCAE66 #CFC591 #E1DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#BCAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE66

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE66	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)

#BBAA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.094 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c693',
    500: '#bcae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae66;
$custom-light: #d2c693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74672,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE66

secondary

#ADB3D0

accent

#6CCF59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE66

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

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