#BCAE81#BCAE81

#BCAE81 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.063 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE81
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -1.88, 24.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 25.04, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0031 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.063 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8380, 42.5495, 26.8790)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE81 #818FBC

analogous

#BC9181 #BCAE81 #ADBC81

triadic

#BCAE81 #81BCAE #AE81BC

tetradic

#BCAE81 #81BC91 #818FBC #BC81AD

square

#BCAE81 #81BC91 #818FBC #BC81AD

split-complementary

#BCAE81 #81ADBC #9181BC

monochromatic

#7F7144 #A79459 #BCAE81 #D1C8A9 #E6E1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAE81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BCAE81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE81

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE81	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.063 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a6',
    500: '#bcae81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae81;
$custom-light: #d1c6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.06274,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE81

secondary

#C2C7D7

accent

#56A93C

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE81

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

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