#BCAD38#BCAD38

#BCAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD38
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -7.95, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 59.59, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0277 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.134 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3980, 40.8656, 9.7112)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD38 #3847BC

analogous

#BC6B38 #BCAD38 #89BC38

triadic

#BCAD38 #38BCAD #AD38BC

tetradic

#BCAD38 #38BC6B #3847BC #BC3889

square

#BCAD38 #38BC6B #3847BC #BC3889

split-complementary

#BCAD38 #3889BC #6B38BC

monochromatic

#5E561C #8D822A #BCAD38 #D0C361 #DED590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD38

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD38	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)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bcad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad38;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73937,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD38

secondary

#878EC9

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD38

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

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