#BCAD36#BCAD36

#BCAD36 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	#BCAD36
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -8.05, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 60.36, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0282 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.136 102)
XYZ	xyz(36.3501, 40.8464, 9.4588)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD36 #3645BC

analogous

#BC6A36 #BCAD36 #88BC36

triadic

#BCAD36 #36BCAD #AD36BC

tetradic

#BCAD36 #36BC6A #3645BC #BC3688

square

#BCAD36 #36BC6A #3645BC #BC3688

split-complementary

#BCAD36 #3688BC #6A36BC

monochromatic

#5D551B #8C8128 #BCAD36 #D1C45E #DFD58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD36

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.136 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bcad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad36;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.284,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73922,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.40845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD36

secondary

#858CC9

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD36

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

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