#BCAD31#BCAD31

#BCAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.139 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD31
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -8.29, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 62.19, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0293 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.139 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2386, 40.8018, 8.8718)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD31 #3140BC

analogous

#BC6831 #BCAD31 #86BC31

triadic

#BCAD31 #31BCAD #AD31BC

tetradic

#BCAD31 #31BC68 #3140BC #BC3186

square

#BCAD31 #31BC68 #3140BC #BC3186

split-complementary

#BCAD31 #3186BC #6831BC

monochromatic

#5B5418 #8B8024 #BCAD31 #D3C657 #E0D688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD31

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD31	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.139 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c572',
    500: '#bcad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad31;
$custom-light: #d4c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73887,
    "c": 0.13889,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD31

secondary

#7F87CA

accent

#57E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151208

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD31

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

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