#BCAE6E#BCAE6E

#BCAE6E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.085 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE6E
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 41.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -4.15, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 34.88, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.0109 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.085 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6904, 42.0905, 20.8350)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE6E #6E7CBC

analogous

#BC876E #BCAE6E #A3BC6E

triadic

#BCAE6E #6EBCAE #AE6EBC

tetradic

#BCAE6E #6EBC87 #6E7CBC #BC6EA3

square

#BCAE6E #6EBC87 #6E7CBC #BC6EA3

split-complementary

#BCAE6E #6EA3BC #876EBC

monochromatic

#786D37 #A2924B #BCAE6E #CFC598 #E3DDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCAE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE6E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE6E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.085 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c698',
    500: '#bcae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae6e;
$custom-light: #d1c698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 36.792,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74801,
    "c": 0.08525,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE6E

secondary

#B3B9D2

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE6E

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

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