#BCAE7F#BCAE7F

#BCAE7F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.065 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE7F
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 127)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 32.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -2.14, 25.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 26.08, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.004 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.065 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7064, 42.4969, 26.1857)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE7F #7F8DBC

analogous

#BC907F #BCAE7F #ACBC7F

triadic

#BCAE7F #7FBCAE #AE7FBC

tetradic

#BCAE7F #7FBC90 #7F8DBC #BC7FAC

square

#BCAE7F #7FBC90 #7F8DBC #BC7FAC

split-complementary

#BCAE7F #7FACBC #907FBC

monochromatic

#7E7142 #A79457 #BCAE7F #D1C7A7 #E6E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAE7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCAE7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE7F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE7F	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.065 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a4',
    500: '#bcae7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae7f;
$custom-light: #d1c6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 31.282,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75112,
    "c": 0.06518,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE7F

secondary

#C0C5D7

accent

#55AA3B

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE7F

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

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