#BCAD55#BCAD55

#BCAD55 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD55
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -6.01, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 46.92, 97.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0188 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3236, 41.2358, 14.5859)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD55 #5564BC

analogous

#BC7955 #BCAD55 #97BC55

triadic

#BCAD55 #55BCAD #AD55BC

tetradic

#BCAD55 #55BC79 #5564BC #BC5597

square

#BCAD55 #55BC79 #5564BC #BC5597

split-complementary

#BCAD55 #5597BC #7955BC

monochromatic

#6C622B #988B3C #BCAD55 #CDC281 #DFD7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD55

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD55	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c587',
    500: '#bcad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad55;
$custom-light: #d2c587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD55

secondary

#A0A7CC

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD55

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

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