#BCAE69#BCAE69

#BCAE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.091 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE69
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -4.68, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 37.43, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0129 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.091 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4258, 41.9847, 19.4416)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE69 #6977BC

analogous

#BC8569 #BCAE69 #A0BC69

triadic

#BCAE69 #69BCAE #AE69BC

tetradic

#BCAE69 #69BC85 #6977BC #BC69A0

square

#BCAE69 #69BC85 #6977BC #BC69A0

split-complementary

#BCAE69 #69A0BC #8569BC

monochromatic

#766B35 #A09148 #BCAE69 #CFC593 #E2DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE69

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE69	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.091 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c695',
    500: '#bcae69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae69;
$custom-light: #d2c695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.88,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74719,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE69

secondary

#B0B5D1

accent

#6DCE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE69

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

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