#BCAD35#BCAD35

#BCAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.136 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD35
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -8.10, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 60.73, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0284 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.3268, 40.8371, 9.3363)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD35 #3544BC

analogous

#BC6935 #BCAD35 #88BC35

triadic

#BCAD35 #35BCAD #AD35BC

tetradic

#BCAD35 #35BC69 #3544BC #BC3588

square

#BCAD35 #35BC69 #3544BC #BC3588

split-complementary

#BCAD35 #3588BC #6935BC

monochromatic

#5D551A #8C8128 #BCAD35 #D1C45D #DFD68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD35

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD35	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c574',
    500: '#bcad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad35;
$custom-light: #d4c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73915,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.40836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD35

secondary

#848BC9

accent

#59DF48

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD35

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

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