#BCAF5D#BCAF5D

#BCAF5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.105 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF5D
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 93)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -6.38, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 43.82, 98.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.019 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.105 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0459, 42.1430, 16.4841)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF5D #5D6ABC

analogous

#BC7F5D #BCAF5D #9ABC5D

triadic

#BCAF5D #5DBCAF #AF5DBC

tetradic

#BCAF5D #5DBC7F #5D6ABC #BC5D9A

square

#BCAF5D #5DBC7F #5D6ABC #BC5D9A

split-complementary

#BCAF5D #5D9ABC #7F5DBC

monochromatic

#70672E #9B8F40 #BCAF5D #CEC488 #E0DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCAF5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF5D

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF5D	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.105 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68d',
    500: '#bcaf5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf5d;
$custom-light: #d2c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.789,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74754,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF5D

secondary

#A6ACCE

accent

#67D156

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF5D

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

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