#BCAE83#BCAE83

#BCAE83 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.060 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAE83
RGB	rgb(188, 174, 131)
HSL	hsl(45, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, -1.62, 23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 23.99, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0023 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.06 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9722, 42.6032, 27.5859)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAE83 #8391BC

analogous

#BC9183 #BCAE83 #AEBC83

triadic

#BCAE83 #83BCAE #AE83BC

tetradic

#BCAE83 #83BC91 #8391BC #BC83AE

square

#BCAE83 #83BC91 #8391BC #BC83AE

split-complementary

#BCAE83 #83AEBC #9183BC

monochromatic

#807145 #A7945B #BCAE83 #D1C8AB #E7E2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BCAE83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BCAE83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAE83

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAE83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAE83	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB084

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5A7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcae83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 174, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.060 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a7',
    500: '#bcae83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcae83;
$custom-light: #d1c6a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcae83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75193,
    "c": 0.06029,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAE83

secondary

#C3C8D8

accent

#57A93D

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F9F8F4

border

#D2D1CE

text

#14130F

muted

#82827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAE83

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

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