#BCAE6D#BCAE6D

#BCAE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.086 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE6D
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -4.26, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 35.39, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0113 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.086 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6363, 42.0689, 20.5499)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE6D #6D7BBC

analogous

#BC866D #BCAE6D #A2BC6D

triadic

#BCAE6D #6DBCAE #AE6DBC

tetradic

#BCAE6D #6DBC86 #6D7BBC #BC6DA2

square

#BCAE6D #6DBC86 #6D7BBC #BC6DA2

split-complementary

#BCAE6D #6DA2BC #866DBC

monochromatic

#786C37 #A2924A #BCAE6D #CFC597 #E3DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BCAE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE6D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE6D	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.086 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c698',
    500: '#bcae6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae6d;
$custom-light: #d1c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74784,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE6D

secondary

#B3B8D2

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE6D

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

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