#BCAF5C#BCAF5C

#BCAF5C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF5C
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 92)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -6.47, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 44.31, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0193 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.106 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0019, 42.1254, 16.2524)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF5C #5C69BC

analogous

#BC7F5C #BCAF5C #99BC5C

triadic

#BCAF5C #5CBCAF #AF5CBC

tetradic

#BCAF5C #5CBC7F #5C69BC #BC5C99

square

#BCAF5C #5CBC7F #5C69BC #BC5C99

split-complementary

#BCAF5C #5C99BC #7F5CBC

monochromatic

#70672E #9B8F40 #BCAF5C #CEC487 #E0DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BCAF5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF5C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF5C	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)

#BDAB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68c',
    500: '#bcaf5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf5c;
$custom-light: #d2c68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.875,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF5C

secondary

#A6ABCE

accent

#67D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF5C

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

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