#BCAD20#BCAD20

#BCAD20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.147 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD20
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 32)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -8.91, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 67.44, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0326 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.147 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9451, 40.6844, 7.3257)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD20 #202FBC

analogous

#BC5F20 #BCAD20 #7DBC20

triadic

#BCAD20 #20BCAD #AD20BC

tetradic

#BCAD20 #20BC5F #202FBC #BC207D

square

#BCAD20 #20BC5F #202FBC #BC207D

split-complementary

#BCAD20 #207DBC #5F20BC

monochromatic

#534D0E #887D17 #BCAD20 #DECE3B #E7DB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAD20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAD20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD20

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD20	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.147 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c56b',
    500: '#bcad20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad20;
$custom-light: #d5c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD20

secondary

#6B74CD

accent

#4BEE3A

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD20

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

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