#BCAE73#BCAE73

#BCAE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.079 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE73
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 38.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -3.59, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 32.31, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0089 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.079 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9704, 42.2025, 22.3094)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE73 #7381BC

analogous

#BC8A73 #BCAE73 #A6BC73

triadic

#BCAE73 #73BCAE #AE73BC

tetradic

#BCAE73 #73BC8A #7381BC #BC73A6

square

#BCAE73 #73BC8A #7381BC #BC73A6

split-complementary

#BCAE73 #73A6BC #8A73BC

monochromatic

#7A6E3A #A4934E #BCAE73 #D0C69C #E4DEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCAE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE73

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE73	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#B9AB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.079 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69c',
    500: '#bcae73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae73;
$custom-light: #d1c69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74887,
    "c": 0.07949,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE73

secondary

#B7BDD4

accent

#72CB5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F2

border

#D3D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE73

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

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