#BCAD33#BCAD33

#BCAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.138 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD33
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -8.20, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 61.47, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0289 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.138 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2818, 40.8191, 9.0991)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD33 #3342BC

analogous

#BC6933 #BCAD33 #86BC33

triadic

#BCAD33 #33BCAD #AD33BC

tetradic

#BCAD33 #33BC69 #3342BC #BC3386

square

#BCAD33 #33BC69 #3342BC #BC3386

split-complementary

#BCAD33 #3386BC #6933BC

monochromatic

#5C5419 #8C8126 #BCAD33 #D2C55A #DFD68A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BCAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD33

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD33	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)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.138 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c573',
    500: '#bcad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad33;
$custom-light: #d4c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73901,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD33

secondary

#8189C9

accent

#58E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD33

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

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