#BCAE7E#BCAE7E

#BCAE7E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.066 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE7E
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -2.27, 26.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 26.60, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0044 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.066 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6415, 42.4709, 25.8441)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE7E #7E8CBC

analogous

#BC8F7E #BCAE7E #ABBC7E

triadic

#BCAE7E #7EBCAE #AE7EBC

tetradic

#BCAE7E #7EBC8F #7E8CBC #BC7EAB

square

#BCAE7E #7EBC8F #7E8CBC #BC7EAB

split-complementary

#BCAE7E #7EABBC #8F7EBC

monochromatic

#7E7041 #A69456 #BCAE7E #D1C7A6 #E6E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAE7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BCAE7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE7E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE7E	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)

#B8AC7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.066 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a3',
    500: '#bcae7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae7e;
$custom-light: #d1c6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 31.633,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75092,
    "c": 0.06639,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE7E

secondary

#BFC5D6

accent

#54AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE7E

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

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