#BCAD40#BCAD40

#BCAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD40
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -7.50, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 56.37, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0255 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.129 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6095, 40.9502, 10.8253)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD40 #404FBC

analogous

#BC6F40 #BCAD40 #8DBC40

triadic

#BCAD40 #40BCAD #AD40BC

tetradic

#BCAD40 #40BC6F #404FBC #BC408D

square

#BCAD40 #40BC6F #404FBC #BC408D

split-complementary

#BCAD40 #408DBC #6F40BC

monochromatic

#615921 #8E8330 #BCAD40 #CDC16C #DDD49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BCAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD40

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD40	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)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57a',
    500: '#bcad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad40;
$custom-light: #d3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74003,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD40

secondary

#8F96C9

accent

#60D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD40

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

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