#BCAD56#BCAD56

#BCAD56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD56
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -5.93, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 46.44, 97.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0185 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3636, 41.2518, 14.7966)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD56 #5665BC

analogous

#BC7A56 #BCAD56 #98BC56

triadic

#BCAD56 #56BCAD #AD56BC

tetradic

#BCAD56 #56BC7A #5665BC #BC5698

square

#BCAD56 #56BC7A #5665BC #BC5698

split-complementary

#BCAD56 #5698BC #7A56BC

monochromatic

#6D632B #988B3C #BCAD56 #CDC282 #DFD8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD56

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD56	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)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c588',
    500: '#bcad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad56;
$custom-light: #d2c588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74238,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD56

secondary

#A1A8CD

accent

#67D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD56

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

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