#BCAF79#BCAF79

#BCAF79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.073 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAF79
RGB	rgb(188, 175, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -3.42, 29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 29.61, 96.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.008 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.073 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5208, 42.7329, 24.2519)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAF79 #7986BC

analogous

#BC8D79 #BCAF79 #A7BC79

triadic

#BCAF79 #79BCAF #AF79BC

tetradic

#BCAF79 #79BC8D #7986BC #BC79A7

square

#BCAF79 #79BC8D #7986BC #BC79A7

split-complementary

#BCAF79 #79A7BC #8D79BC

monochromatic

#7C703E #A59553 #BCAF79 #D0C7A2 #E5E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCAF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BCAF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAF79

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAF79	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcaf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 175, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.073 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6a0',
    500: '#bcaf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcaf79;
$custom-light: #d1c6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcaf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.358,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75205,
    "c": 0.07337,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAF79

secondary

#BCC1D5

accent

#50AC39

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#14130E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAF79

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

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