#BCAE6F#BCAE6F

#BCAE6F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.084 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE6F
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 41%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 41%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -4.04, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 34.37, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0105 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.084 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7452, 42.1124, 21.1234)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE6F #6F7DBC

analogous

#BC876F #BCAE6F #A3BC6F

triadic

#BCAE6F #6FBCAE #AE6FBC

tetradic

#BCAE6F #6FBC87 #6F7DBC #BC6FA3

square

#BCAE6F #6FBC87 #6F7DBC #BC6FA3

split-complementary

#BCAE6F #6FA3BC #876FBC

monochromatic

#796D38 #A2934C #BCAE6F #CFC599 #E3DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCAE6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE6F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE6F	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)

#BAAB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.084 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c699',
    500: '#bcae6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae6f;
$custom-light: #d1c699;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 36.493,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74817,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE6F

secondary

#B4BAD3

accent

#70CC5B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE6F

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

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