#BCAD50#BCAD50

#BCAD50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD50
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -6.41, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 49.27, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0205 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.115 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1319, 41.1592, 13.5765)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD50 #505FBC

analogous

#BC7750 #BCAD50 #95BC50

triadic

#BCAD50 #50BCAD #AD50BC

tetradic

#BCAD50 #50BC77 #505FBC #BC5095

square

#BCAD50 #50BC77 #505FBC #BC5095

split-complementary

#BCAD50 #5095BC #7750BC

monochromatic

#696028 #968939 #BCAD50 #CDC27C #DED6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#BCAD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD50

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD50	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c584',
    500: '#bcad50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad50;
$custom-light: #d3c584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.11535,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD50

secondary

#9CA3CB

accent

#65D453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD50

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

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