#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
RGBrgb(188, 173, 37)
HSLhsl(54, 67%, 44%)
HSVhsv(54, 80%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.97, -8.76, 65.49)
CIE-LCHlch(69.97, 66.07, 97.62°)
OKLaboklab(73.82% -0.0317 0.1417)
OKLCHoklch(73.82% 0.145 102.6)
XYZxyz(36.0183, 40.7137, 7.7112)
Luminance0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BCAD251.002.309.149.14
#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)
#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

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#BCAD25 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva