#BCAD41#BCAD41

#BCAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD41
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -7.44, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 55.95, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0252 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6382, 40.9617, 10.9765)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD41 #4150BC

analogous

#BC7041 #BCAD41 #8EBC41

triadic

#BCAD41 #41BCAD #AD41BC

tetradic

#BCAD41 #41BC70 #4150BC #BC418E

square

#BCAD41 #41BC70 #4150BC #BC418E

split-complementary

#BCAD41 #418EBC #7041BC

monochromatic

#615922 #8F8331 #BCAD41 #CDC16E #DCD49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD41

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD41	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#BCA833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57b',
    500: '#bcad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad41;
$custom-light: #d3c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74012,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD41

secondary

#9097C9

accent

#60D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD41

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

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