#BCAE76#BCAE76

#BCAE76 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.076 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE76
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -3.24, 30.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 30.76, 96.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0077 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.076 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1458, 42.2727, 23.2334)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE76 #7684BC

analogous

#BC8B76 #BCAE76 #A7BC76

triadic

#BCAE76 #76BCAE #AE76BC

tetradic

#BCAE76 #76BC8B #7684BC #BC76A7

square

#BCAE76 #76BC8B #7684BC #BC76A7

split-complementary

#BCAE76 #76A7BC #8B76BC

monochromatic

#7B6F3C #A49450 #BCAE76 #D0C69F #E4DFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#BCAE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE76

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE76	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)

#B9AB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.076 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69e',
    500: '#bcae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae76;
$custom-light: #d1c69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE76

secondary

#B9BFD4

accent

#73CA5D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE76

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

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