#BCAD34#BCAD34

#BCAD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD34
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -8.15, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 61.10, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0286 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.137 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3041, 40.8280, 9.2165)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD34 #3443BC

analogous

#BC6934 #BCAD34 #87BC34

triadic

#BCAD34 #34BCAD #AD34BC

tetradic

#BCAD34 #34BC69 #3443BC #BC3487

square

#BCAD34 #34BC69 #3443BC #BC3487

split-complementary

#BCAD34 #3487BC #6934BC

monochromatic

#5C5519 #8C8127 #BCAD34 #D2C55B #DFD68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD34

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD34	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c574',
    500: '#bcad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad34;
$custom-light: #d4c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73908,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD34

secondary

#838AC9

accent

#59E048

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD34

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

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