#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
RGBrgb(188, 173, 58)
HSLhsl(53, 53%, 48%)
HSVhsv(53, 69%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.10, -7.84, 58.28)
CIE-LCHlch(70.10, 58.81, 97.67°)
OKLaboklab(73.95% -0.0271 0.1303)
OKLCHoklch(73.95% 0.133 101.8)
XYZxyz(36.4479, 40.8856, 9.9740)
Luminance0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##BCAD3A1.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD3A

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

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#BCAD3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva