#BCAD4D#BCAD4D

#BCAD4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD4D
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -6.64, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 50.66, 97.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.13% -0.0215 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(74.13% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0235, 41.1158, 13.0057)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD4D #4D5CBC

analogous

#BC764D #BCAD4D #94BC4D

triadic

#BCAD4D #4DBCAD #AD4DBC

tetradic

#BCAD4D #4DBC76 #4D5CBC #BC4D94

square

#BCAD4D #4DBC76 #4D5CBC #BC4D94

split-complementary

#BCAD4D #4D94BC #764DBC

monochromatic

#685F27 #948838 #BCAD4D #CDC179 #DDD6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#BCAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#BCAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD4D

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD4D	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c582',
    500: '#bcad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad4d;
$custom-light: #d3c582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74132,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD4D

secondary

#9AA1CB

accent

#64D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD4D

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

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