#BCAD52#BCAD52

#BCAD52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD52
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -6.26, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 48.34, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0199 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2069, 41.1892, 13.9714)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD52 #5261BC

analogous

#BC7852 #BCAD52 #96BC52

triadic

#BCAD52 #52BCAD #AD52BC

tetradic

#BCAD52 #52BC78 #5261BC #BC5296

square

#BCAD52 #52BC78 #5261BC #BC5296

split-complementary

#BCAD52 #5296BC #7852BC

monochromatic

#6A6129 #97893A #BCAD52 #CDC27E #DED7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD52

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD52	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c585',
    500: '#bcad52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad52;
$custom-light: #d3c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7419,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD52

secondary

#9EA4CC

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD52

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

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