#BCAF5A#BCAF5A

#BCAF5A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF5A
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -6.64, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 45.28, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0201 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.108 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9156, 42.0909, 15.7980)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF5A #5A67BC

analogous

#BC7E5A #BCAF5A #98BC5A

triadic

#BCAF5A #5ABCAF #AF5ABC

tetradic

#BCAF5A #5ABC7E #5A67BC #BC5A98

square

#BCAF5A #5ABC7E #5A67BC #BC5A98

split-complementary

#BCAF5A #5A98BC #7E5ABC

monochromatic

#6F662D #9A8E3F #BCAF5A #CEC486 #DFD9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCAF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF5A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF5A	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68b',
    500: '#bcaf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf5a;
$custom-light: #d2c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.041,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74714,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF5A

secondary

#A4AACE

accent

#66D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF5A

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

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