#BCAD45#BCAD45

#BCAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD45
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -7.19, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 54.23, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.024 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7583, 41.0097, 11.6085)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD45 #4554BC

analogous

#BC7145 #BCAD45 #8FBC45

triadic

#BCAD45 #45BCAD #AD45BC

tetradic

#BCAD45 #45BC71 #4554BC #BC458F

square

#BCAD45 #45BC71 #4554BC #BC458F

split-complementary

#BCAD45 #458FBC #7145BC

monochromatic

#635B24 #908434 #BCAD45 #CCC172 #DCD59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD45

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD45	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)

#BCA839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57d',
    500: '#bcad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad45;
$custom-light: #d3c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD45

secondary

#949BC9

accent

#62D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD45

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

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