#BCAD3C#BCAD3C

#BCAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD3C
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -7.73, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 58.01, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0266 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4998, 40.9063, 10.2472)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD3C #3C4BBC

analogous

#BC6D3C #BCAD3C #8BBC3C

triadic

#BCAD3C #3CBCAD #AD3CBC

tetradic

#BCAD3C #3CBC6D #3C4BBC #BC3C8B

square

#BCAD3C #3CBC6D #3C4BBC #BC3C8B

split-complementary

#BCAD3C #3C8BBC #6D3CBC

monochromatic

#5F581E #8E822D #BCAD3C #CEC267 #DDD595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD3C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD3C	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)

#BDA82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c578',
    500: '#bcad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad3c;
$custom-light: #d3c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73969,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD3C

secondary

#8B92C9

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD3C

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

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