#BCAE80#BCAE80

#BCAE80 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.064 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE80
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 128)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 32%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 31.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -2.01, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 25.56, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0035 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.064 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7718, 42.5231, 26.5306)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE80 #808EBC

analogous

#BC9080 #BCAE80 #ACBC80

triadic

#BCAE80 #80BCAE #AE80BC

tetradic

#BCAE80 #80BC90 #808EBC #BC80AC

square

#BCAE80 #80BC90 #808EBC #BC80AC

split-complementary

#BCAE80 #80ACBC #9080BC

monochromatic

#7F7143 #A79458 #BCAE80 #D1C8A8 #E6E1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAE80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BCAE80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE80

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE80	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)

#B8AC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.064 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a5',
    500: '#bcae80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae80;
$custom-light: #d1c6a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 30.928,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75132,
    "c": 0.06396,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE80

secondary

#C1C6D7

accent

#55AA3C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE80

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

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