#BCAD3A#BCAD3A
#BCAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BCAD3A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 173, 58) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 53%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 69%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.1%, 26.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.10, -7.84, 58.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.10, 58.81, 97.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.95% -0.0271 0.1303) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.95% 0.133 101.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.4479, 40.8856, 9.9740) |
| Luminance | 0.4088 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 3.55
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 4.70
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 4.74
Mustard (survey)
#CEB301
ΔE00 5.52
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.64
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BCAD3A #3A49BC
analogous
#BC6C3A #BCAD3A #8ABC3A
triadic
#BCAD3A #3ABCAD #AD3ABC
tetradic
#BCAD3A #3ABC6C #3A49BC #BC3A8A
square
#BCAD3A #3ABC6C #3A49BC #BC3A8A
split-complementary
#BCAD3A #3A8ABC #6C3ABC
monochromatic
#5E571D #8D822C #BCAD3A #CFC364 #DED593
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#BCAD3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.18
#BCAD3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BCAD3A
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BCAD3A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BCAD3A | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.18 | 9.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDA829
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AE41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CAA196
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bcad3a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 58); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 101.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4c577',
500: '#bcad3a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bcad3a; $custom-light: #d4c577; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bcad3a",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 173,
"b": 58
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.077,
"s": 52.846,
"l": 48.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73953,
"c": 0.13311,
"h": 101.8
},
"luminance": 0.40884
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BCAD3A
secondary
#8990C9
accent
#5CDC4C
background
#FDFCF7
surface
#FAF8ED
border
#D3D1C8
text
#151209
muted
#83817B