#BCAD53#BCAD53

#BCAD53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD53
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -6.18, 47.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 47.87, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0195 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(37.2452, 41.2045, 14.1733)
Luminance	0.4120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD53 #5362BC

analogous

#BC7953 #BCAD53 #96BC53

triadic

#BCAD53 #53BCAD #AD53BC

tetradic

#BCAD53 #53BC79 #5362BC #BC5396

square

#BCAD53 #53BC79 #5362BC #BC5396

split-complementary

#BCAD53 #5396BC #7953BC

monochromatic

#6B622A #978A3B #BCAD53 #CDC27F #DED7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#BCAD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD53

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD53	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)

#BBA94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c586',
    500: '#bcad53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad53;
$custom-light: #d2c586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74201,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.41203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD53

secondary

#9FA5CC

accent

#66D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD53

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

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