#BCAE7D#BCAE7D

#BCAE7D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.068 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE7D
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 125)
HSL	hsl(47, 32%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 34%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -2.39, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 27.12, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0048 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.068 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5773, 42.4453, 25.5060)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE7D #7D8BBC

analogous

#BC8F7D #BCAE7D #ABBC7D

triadic

#BCAE7D #7DBCAE #AE7DBC

tetradic

#BCAE7D #7DBC8F #7D8BBC #BC7DAB

square

#BCAE7D #7DBC8F #7D8BBC #BC7DAB

split-complementary

#BCAE7D #7DABBC #8F7DBC

monochromatic

#7E7041 #A69456 #BCAE7D #D1C7A5 #E6E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAE7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCAE7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE7D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE7D	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.068 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a3',
    500: '#bcae7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae7d;
$custom-light: #d1c6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 31.98,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75073,
    "c": 0.0676,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE7D

secondary

#BFC4D6

accent

#54AB3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F3

border

#D2D1CD

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE7D

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

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