#BCAF5B#BCAF5B

#BCAF5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF5B
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -6.56, 44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 44.80, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0197 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.107 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9585, 42.1080, 16.0237)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF5B #5B68BC

analogous

#BC7F5B #BCAF5B #98BC5B

triadic

#BCAF5B #5BBCAF #AF5BBC

tetradic

#BCAF5B #5BBC7F #5B68BC #BC5B98

square

#BCAF5B #5BBC7F #5B68BC #BC5B98

split-complementary

#BCAF5B #5B98BC #7F5BBC

monochromatic

#6F662D #9B8E3F #BCAF5B #CEC486 #E0D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCAF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF5B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF5B	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)

#BDAB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68b',
    500: '#bcaf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf5b;
$custom-light: #d2c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74727,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF5B

secondary

#A5AACE

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF5B

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

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