#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
RGBrgb(188, 173, 32)
HSLhsl(54, 71%, 43%)
HSVhsv(54, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.95, -8.91, 66.85)
CIE-LCHlch(69.95, 67.44, 97.59°)
OKLaboklab(73.8% -0.0326 0.1437)
OKLCHoklch(73.8% 0.147 102.8)
XYZxyz(35.9451, 40.6844, 7.3257)
Luminance0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BCAD201.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

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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#BCAD20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva