#BCAD44#BCAD44

#BCAD44 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	#BCAD44
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -7.26, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 54.67, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.0243 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7275, 40.9974, 11.4464)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD44 #4453BC

analogous

#BC7144 #BCAD44 #8FBC44

triadic

#BCAD44 #44BCAD #AD44BC

tetradic

#BCAD44 #44BC71 #4453BC #BC448F

square

#BCAD44 #44BC71 #4453BC #BC448F

split-complementary

#BCAD44 #448FBC #7144BC

monochromatic

#625A23 #8F8433 #BCAD44 #CCC171 #DCD59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD44

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD44	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)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57d',
    500: '#bcad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad44;
$custom-light: #d3c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD44

secondary

#939AC9

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD44

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

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