#BCAD46#BCAD46

#BCAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD46
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -7.13, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 53.80, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.0237 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.7896, 41.0222, 11.7734)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD46 #4655BC

analogous

#BC7246 #BCAD46 #90BC46

triadic

#BCAD46 #46BCAD #AD46BC

tetradic

#BCAD46 #46BC72 #4655BC #BC4690

square

#BCAD46 #46BC72 #4655BC #BC4690

split-complementary

#BCAD46 #4690BC #7246BC

monochromatic

#645B24 #908534 #BCAD46 #CCC173 #DDD5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#BCAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD46

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD46	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)

#BCA83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57e',
    500: '#bcad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad46;
$custom-light: #d3c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74059,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD46

secondary

#959BC9

accent

#62D651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD46

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

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