#BCAE77#BCAE77

#BCAE77 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.075 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE77
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 119)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -3.13, 30.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 30.24, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0072 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.075 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.2055, 42.2966, 23.5480)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE77 #7785BC

analogous

#BC8B77 #BCAE77 #A7BC77

triadic

#BCAE77 #77BCAE #AE77BC

tetradic

#BCAE77 #77BC8B #7785BC #BC77A7

square

#BCAE77 #77BC8B #7785BC #BC77A7

split-complementary

#BCAE77 #77A7BC #8B77BC

monochromatic

#7C6F3D #A59451 #BCAE77 #D0C6A0 #E4DFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCAE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE77

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE77	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.075 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69f',
    500: '#bcae77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae77;
$custom-light: #d1c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74959,
    "c": 0.07478,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE77

secondary

#BAC0D5

accent

#50AD39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE77

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

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