#BCAE78#BCAE78

#BCAE78 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.074 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE78
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -3.01, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 29.72, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0068 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.074 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2659, 42.3207, 23.8660)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE78 #7886BC

analogous

#BC8C78 #BCAE78 #A8BC78

triadic

#BCAE78 #78BCAE #AE78BC

tetradic

#BCAE78 #78BC8C #7886BC #BC78A8

square

#BCAE78 #78BC8C #7886BC #BC78A8

split-complementary

#BCAE78 #78A8BC #8C78BC

monochromatic

#7C6F3E #A59452 #BCAE78 #D0C7A1 #E5DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAE78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#BCAE78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE78

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE78	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)

#B9AB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.074 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c69f',
    500: '#bcae78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae78;
$custom-light: #d1c69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.0736,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE78

secondary

#BBC0D5

accent

#51AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE78

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

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