#BCAD47#BCAD47

#BCAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD47
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -7.06, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 53.36, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0234 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(36.8214, 41.0349, 11.9410)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD47 #4756BC

analogous

#BC7247 #BCAD47 #90BC47

triadic

#BCAD47 #47BCAD #AD47BC

tetradic

#BCAD47 #47BC72 #4756BC #BC4790

square

#BCAD47 #47BC72 #4756BC #BC4790

split-complementary

#BCAD47 #4790BC #7247BC

monochromatic

#645C24 #918535 #BCAD47 #CCC174 #DDD5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD47

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD47	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57e',
    500: '#bcad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad47;
$custom-light: #d3c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74069,
    "c": 0.1232,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.41033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD47

secondary

#959CC9

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD47

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

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