#BCAD42#BCAD42

#BCAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD42
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -7.38, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 55.53, 97.64°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0249 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6675, 40.9734, 11.1304)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD42 #4251BC

analogous

#BC7042 #BCAD42 #8EBC42

triadic

#BCAD42 #42BCAD #AD42BC

tetradic

#BCAD42 #42BC70 #4251BC #BC428E

square

#BCAD42 #42BC70 #4251BC #BC428E

split-complementary

#BCAD42 #428EBC #7042BC

monochromatic

#615A22 #8F8332 #BCAD42 #CCC16F #DCD49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#BCAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD42

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD42	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)

#BCA835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57b',
    500: '#bcad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad42;
$custom-light: #d3c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74021,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD42

secondary

#9198C9

accent

#61D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD42

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

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