#BCAE6A#BCAE6A

#BCAE6A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.090 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE6A
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 43.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -4.58, 36.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 36.92, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0125 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.09 98)
XYZ	xyz(38.4775, 42.0054, 19.7139)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE6A #6A78BC

analogous

#BC856A #BCAE6A #A1BC6A

triadic

#BCAE6A #6ABCAE #AE6ABC

tetradic

#BCAE6A #6ABC85 #6A78BC #BC6AA1

square

#BCAE6A #6ABC85 #6A78BC #BC6AA1

split-complementary

#BCAE6A #6AA1BC #856ABC

monochromatic

#766B35 #A19148 #BCAE6A #CFC594 #E2DCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE6A

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE6A	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)

#BAAB65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.090 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c696',
    500: '#bcae6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae6a;
$custom-light: #d1c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 37.963,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74735,
    "c": 0.08976,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE6A

secondary

#B0B6D1

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE6A

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

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