#BCAE75#BCAE75

#BCAE75 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.077 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE75
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 117)
HSL	hsl(48, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -3.36, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 31.28, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0081 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.077 96)
XYZ	xyz(39.0867, 42.2490, 22.9221)
Luminance	0.4225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE75 #7583BC

analogous

#BC8B75 #BCAE75 #A7BC75

triadic

#BCAE75 #75BCAE #AE75BC

tetradic

#BCAE75 #75BC8B #7583BC #BC75A7

square

#BCAE75 #75BC8B #7583BC #BC75A7

split-complementary

#BCAE75 #75A7BC #8B75BC

monochromatic

#7B6E3C #A49350 #BCAE75 #D0C69E #E4DEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAE75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCAE75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE75

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE75	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.077 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69d',
    500: '#bcae75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae75;
$custom-light: #d1c69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.169,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74922,
    "c": 0.07714,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.42248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE75

secondary

#B9BED4

accent

#73CB5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE75

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

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