#BCAD3D#BCAD3D

#BCAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD3D
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -7.68, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 57.61, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0263 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.131 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5265, 40.9170, 10.3877)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD3D #3D4CBC

analogous

#BC6E3D #BCAD3D #8CBC3D

triadic

#BCAD3D #3DBCAD #AD3DBC

tetradic

#BCAD3D #3DBC6E #3D4CBC #BC3D8C

square

#BCAD3D #3DBC6E #3D4CBC #BC3D8C

split-complementary

#BCAD3D #3D8CBC #6E3DBC

monochromatic

#60581F #8E822E #BCAD3D #CEC268 #DDD596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#BCAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD3D

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bcad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad3d;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD3D

secondary

#8C93C9

accent

#5EDA4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD3D

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

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