#BCAD4A#BCAD4A

#BCAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD4A
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -6.85, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 52.02, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0225 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.121 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9200, 41.0744, 12.4606)
Luminance	0.4107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD4A #4A59BC

analogous

#BC744A #BCAD4A #92BC4A

triadic

#BCAD4A #4ABCAD #AD4ABC

tetradic

#BCAD4A #4ABC74 #4A59BC #BC4A92

square

#BCAD4A #4ABC74 #4A59BC #BC4A92

split-complementary

#BCAD4A #4A92BC #744ABC

monochromatic

#665D26 #938636 #BCAD4A #CDC177 #DDD5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#BCAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD4A

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD4A	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)

#BCA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c580',
    500: '#bcad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad4a;
$custom-light: #d3c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.741,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD4A

secondary

#989ECA

accent

#63D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD4A

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

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