#BCAE6B#BCAE6B

#BCAE6B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.089 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE6B
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 38%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 43%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 43.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -4.48, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 36.42, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0121 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.089 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5298, 42.0263, 19.9893)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE6B #6B79BC

analogous

#BC866B #BCAE6B #A1BC6B

triadic

#BCAE6B #6BBCAE #AE6BBC

tetradic

#BCAE6B #6BBC86 #6B79BC #BC6BA1

square

#BCAE6B #6BBC86 #6B79BC #BC6BA1

split-complementary

#BCAE6B #6BA1BC #866BBC

monochromatic

#776C36 #A19249 #BCAE6B #CFC595 #E2DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#BCAE6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE6B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE6B	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)

#BAAB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.089 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c696',
    500: '#bcae6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae6b;
$custom-light: #d1c696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 37.674,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE6B

secondary

#B1B7D2

accent

#6ECE5A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE6B

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

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