#BCAD37#BCAD37

#BCAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD37
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -8.00, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 59.98, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0279 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.135 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3738, 40.8559, 9.5837)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD37 #3746BC

analogous

#BC6A37 #BCAD37 #89BC37

triadic

#BCAD37 #37BCAD #AD37BC

tetradic

#BCAD37 #37BC6A #3746BC #BC3789

square

#BCAD37 #37BC6A #3746BC #BC3789

split-complementary

#BCAD37 #3789BC #6A37BC

monochromatic

#5D561B #8D8129 #BCAD37 #D0C460 #DED58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD37

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c575',
    500: '#bcad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad37;
$custom-light: #d4c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.233,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD37

secondary

#868DC9

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD37

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

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