#BCAD57#BCAD57

#BCAD57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD57
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -5.85, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 45.96, 97.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0181 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4041, 41.2681, 15.0102)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD57 #5766BC

analogous

#BC7B57 #BCAD57 #99BC57

triadic

#BCAD57 #57BCAD #AD57BC

tetradic

#BCAD57 #57BC7B #5766BC #BC5799

square

#BCAD57 #57BC7B #5766BC #BC5799

split-complementary

#BCAD57 #5799BC #7B57BC

monochromatic

#6D632C #998B3D #BCAD57 #CDC283 #DFD8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#BCAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD57

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD57	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)

#BBA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c589',
    500: '#bcad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad57;
$custom-light: #d2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74251,
    "c": 0.10874,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD57

secondary

#A2A8CD

accent

#68D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD57

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

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