#BCAF5E#BCAF5E

#BCAF5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.104 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF5E
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -6.29, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 43.33, 98.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0186 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.104 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0905, 42.1608, 16.7189)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF5E #5E6BBC

analogous

#BC805E #BCAF5E #9ABC5E

triadic

#BCAF5E #5EBCAF #AF5EBC

tetradic

#BCAF5E #5EBC80 #5E6BBC #BC5E9A

square

#BCAF5E #5EBC80 #5E6BBC #BC5E9A

split-complementary

#BCAF5E #5E9ABC #805EBC

monochromatic

#71682F #9C8F41 #BCAF5E #CEC489 #E0DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#BCAF5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF5E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF5E	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)

#BCAB57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.104 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68d',
    500: '#bcaf5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf5e;
$custom-light: #d2c68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.702,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74768,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF5E

secondary

#A7ADCF

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF5E

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

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