#BCAE79#BCAE79

#BCAE79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.072 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE79
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -2.89, 29.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 29.20, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0064 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.072 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3269, 42.3451, 24.1873)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE79 #7987BC

analogous

#BC8C79 #BCAE79 #A8BC79

triadic

#BCAE79 #79BCAE #AE79BC

tetradic

#BCAE79 #79BC8C #7987BC #BC79A8

square

#BCAE79 #79BC8C #7987BC #BC79A8

split-complementary

#BCAE79 #79A8BC #8C79BC

monochromatic

#7C6F3E #A59453 #BCAE79 #D0C7A2 #E5DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BCAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#BCAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE79

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE79	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.072 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a0',
    500: '#bcae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae79;
$custom-light: #d1c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.07241,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE79

secondary

#BCC1D5

accent

#51AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE79

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

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