#BCAD24#BCAD24

#BCAD24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.146 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD24
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -8.79, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 66.36, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.0319 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.146 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0028, 40.7075, 7.6297)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD24 #2433BC

analogous

#BC6124 #BCAD24 #7FBC24

triadic

#BCAD24 #24BCAD #AD24BC

tetradic

#BCAD24 #24BC61 #2433BC #BC247F

square

#BCAD24 #24BC61 #2433BC #BC247F

split-complementary

#BCAD24 #247FBC #6124BC

monochromatic

#554E10 #897E1A #BCAD24 #DBCC42 #E5DA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAD24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAD24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD24

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD24	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)

#C2AE30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CBA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.146 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56c',
    500: '#bcad24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad24;
$custom-light: #d4c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.079,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73813,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD24

secondary

#7079CC

accent

#4EEB3D

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD24

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

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