#BCAF5F#BCAF5F

#BCAF5F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.103 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF5F
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 95)
HSL	hsl(52, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -6.19, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 42.84, 98.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0182 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.103 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1357, 42.1789, 16.9568)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF5F #5F6CBC

analogous

#BC805F #BCAF5F #9ABC5F

triadic

#BCAF5F #5FBCAF #AF5FBC

tetradic

#BCAF5F #5FBC80 #5F6CBC #BC5F9A

square

#BCAF5F #5FBC80 #5F6CBC #BC5F9A

split-complementary

#BCAF5F #5F9ABC #805FBC

monochromatic

#71682F #9C9041 #BCAF5F #CEC58A #E0DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BCAF5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BCAF5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF5F

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF5F	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.103 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c68e',
    500: '#bcaf5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf5f;
$custom-light: #d2c68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.613,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74782,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF5F

secondary

#A8ADCF

accent

#68D157

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF5F

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

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