#BCAD25#BCAD25

#BCAD25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.145 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD25
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -8.76, 65.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 66.07, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0317 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.145 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0183, 40.7137, 7.7112)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD25 #2534BC

analogous

#BC6225 #BCAD25 #80BC25

triadic

#BCAD25 #25BCAD #AD25BC

tetradic

#BCAD25 #25BC62 #2534BC #BC2580

square

#BCAD25 #25BC62 #2534BC #BC2580

split-complementary

#BCAD25 #2580BC #6225BC

monochromatic

#564F11 #897E1B #BCAD25 #DACB44 #E4D977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#BCAD25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#BCAD25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD25

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD25	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: #bcad25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.145 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c56d',
    500: '#bcad25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad25;
$custom-light: #d4c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.04,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD25

secondary

#717ACC

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FDFCF6

surface

#FBF8EC

border

#D4D1C7

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD25

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

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