#BCAD21#BCAD21

#BCAD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.147 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD21
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -8.88, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 67.18, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0324 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.147 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9589, 40.6899, 7.3984)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD21 #2130BC

analogous

#BC6021 #BCAD21 #7DBC21

triadic

#BCAD21 #21BCAD #AD21BC

tetradic

#BCAD21 #21BC60 #2130BC #BC217D

square

#BCAD21 #21BC60 #2130BC #BC217D

split-complementary

#BCAD21 #217DBC #6021BC

monochromatic

#544D0F #887D18 #BCAD21 #DDCE3D #E6DB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD21

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD21	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: #bcad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.147 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56b',
    500: '#bcad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad21;
$custom-light: #d4c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.738,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD21

secondary

#6C75CD

accent

#4CED3B

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151207

muted

#83817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD21

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

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