#BCAE71#BCAE71

#BCAE71 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.082 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE71
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 113)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 39.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -3.82, 33.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 33.34, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0097 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.082 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.8565, 42.1570, 21.7099)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE71 #717FBC

analogous

#BC8971 #BCAE71 #A5BC71

triadic

#BCAE71 #71BCAE #AE71BC

tetradic

#BCAE71 #71BC89 #717FBC #BC71A5

square

#BCAE71 #71BC89 #717FBC #BC71A5

split-complementary

#BCAE71 #71A5BC #8971BC

monochromatic

#796D39 #A3934D #BCAE71 #D0C69B #E3DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCAE71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE71

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE71	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.082 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69a',
    500: '#bcae71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae71;
$custom-light: #d1c69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74852,
    "c": 0.08181,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE71

secondary

#B6BBD3

accent

#71CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE71

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

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