#BCAD48#BCAD48

#BCAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD48
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -6.99, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 52.92, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0231 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8537, 41.0479, 12.1114)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD48 #4857BC

analogous

#BC7348 #BCAD48 #91BC48

triadic

#BCAD48 #48BCAD #AD48BC

tetradic

#BCAD48 #48BC73 #4857BC #BC4891

square

#BCAD48 #48BC73 #4857BC #BC4891

split-complementary

#BCAD48 #4891BC #7348BC

monochromatic

#655C25 #928635 #BCAD48 #CCC175 #DDD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD48

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD48	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)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c57f',
    500: '#bcad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad48;
$custom-light: #d3c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74079,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD48

secondary

#969DCA

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD48

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

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