#BCAD3F#BCAD3F

#BCAD3F 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	#BCAD3F
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -7.56, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 56.78, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0258 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.13 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5813, 40.9389, 10.6768)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD3F #3F4EBC

analogous

#BC6F3F #BCAD3F #8DBC3F

triadic

#BCAD3F #3FBCAD #AD3FBC

tetradic

#BCAD3F #3FBC6F #3F4EBC #BC3F8D

square

#BCAD3F #3FBC6F #3F4EBC #BC3F8D

split-complementary

#BCAD3F #3F8DBC #6F3FBC

monochromatic

#605920 #8E8330 #BCAD3F #CDC26B #DDD599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD3F

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.130 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bcad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad3f;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73994,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD3F

secondary

#8E95C9

accent

#5FD94E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD3F

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

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