#BCAE72#BCAE72

#BCAE72 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.081 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE72
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -3.71, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 32.83, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0093 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.081 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9131, 42.1796, 22.0080)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE72 #7280BC

analogous

#BC8972 #BCAE72 #A5BC72

triadic

#BCAE72 #72BCAE #AE72BC

tetradic

#BCAE72 #72BC89 #7280BC #BC72A5

square

#BCAE72 #72BC89 #7280BC #BC72A5

split-complementary

#BCAE72 #72A5BC #8972BC

monochromatic

#7A6E3A #A3934E #BCAE72 #D0C69B #E3DEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCAE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE72

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE72	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.081 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69b',
    500: '#bcae72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae72;
$custom-light: #d1c69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.08065,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE72

secondary

#B6BCD3

accent

#71CC5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE72

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

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