#BCAD3E#BCAD3E

#BCAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.130 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD3E
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -7.62, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 57.20, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0261 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5536, 40.9279, 10.5309)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD3E #3E4DBC

analogous

#BC6E3E #BCAD3E #8CBC3E

triadic

#BCAD3E #3EBCAD #AD3EBC

tetradic

#BCAD3E #3EBC6E #3E4DBC #BC3E8C

square

#BCAD3E #3EBC6E #3E4DBC #BC3E8C

split-complementary

#BCAD3E #3E8CBC #6E3EBC

monochromatic

#605820 #8E832F #BCAD3E #CEC26A #DDD598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD3E

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD3E	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c579',
    500: '#bcad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad3e;
$custom-light: #d3c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD3E

secondary

#8D94C9

accent

#5FDA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD3E

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

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