#BCAD49#BCAD49

#BCAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.122 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD49
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.22, -6.92, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.22, 52.47, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0228 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.122 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8866, 41.0610, 12.2846)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD49 #4958BC

analogous

#BC7349 #BCAD49 #91BC49

triadic

#BCAD49 #49BCAD #AD49BC

tetradic

#BCAD49 #49BC73 #4958BC #BC4991

square

#BCAD49 #49BC73 #4958BC #BC4991

split-complementary

#BCAD49 #4991BC #7349BC

monochromatic

#655D25 #928636 #BCAD49 #CCC176 #DDD5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD49

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD49	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)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CAA297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.122 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c580',
    500: '#bcad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad49;
$custom-light: #d3c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7409,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD49

secondary

#979ECA

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD49

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

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