#BCAE68#BCAE68

#BCAE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.092 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE68
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 44.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -4.79, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 37.94, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0133 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.092 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3747, 41.9642, 19.1725)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE68 #6876BC

analogous

#BC8468 #BCAE68 #A0BC68

triadic

#BCAE68 #68BCAE #AE68BC

tetradic

#BCAE68 #68BC84 #6876BC #BC68A0

square

#BCAE68 #68BC84 #6876BC #BC68A0

split-complementary

#BCAE68 #68A0BC #8468BC

monochromatic

#756B34 #A09147 #BCAE68 #CFC592 #E2DBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BCAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#BCAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE68

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE68	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.092 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c694',
    500: '#bcae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae68;
$custom-light: #d2c694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74703,
    "c": 0.09197,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE68

secondary

#AFB5D1

accent

#6DCE59

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE68

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

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