#BCAD39#BCAD39

#BCAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD39
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -7.90, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 59.20, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0274 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.134 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4227, 40.8755, 9.8413)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD39 #3948BC

analogous

#BC6C39 #BCAD39 #89BC39

triadic

#BCAD39 #39BCAD #AD39BC

tetradic

#BCAD39 #39BC6C #3948BC #BC3989

square

#BCAD39 #39BC6C #3948BC #BC3989

split-complementary

#BCAD39 #3989BC #6C39BC

monochromatic

#5E571D #8D822B #BCAD39 #D0C363 #DED592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#BCAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD39

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4c576',
    500: '#bcad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad39;
$custom-light: #d4c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73945,
    "c": 0.1338,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD39

secondary

#888FC9

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD39

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

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