#BCAD43#BCAD43

#BCAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD43
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -7.32, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 55.10, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0246 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6972, 40.9853, 11.2870)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD43 #4352BC

analogous

#BC7143 #BCAD43 #8EBC43

triadic

#BCAD43 #43BCAD #AD43BC

tetradic

#BCAD43 #43BC71 #4352BC #BC438E

square

#BCAD43 #43BC71 #4352BC #BC438E

split-complementary

#BCAD43 #438EBC #7143BC

monochromatic

#625A23 #8F8333 #BCAD43 #CCC170 #DCD49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD43

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD43	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57c',
    500: '#bcad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad43;
$custom-light: #d3c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD43

secondary

#9299C9

accent

#61D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD43

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

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