#BCAD59#BCAD59

#BCAD59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.107 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD59
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -5.68, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 44.99, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0174 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.107 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4870, 41.3012, 15.4465)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD59 #5968BC

analogous

#BC7C59 #BCAD59 #9ABC59

triadic

#BCAD59 #59BCAD #AD59BC

tetradic

#BCAD59 #59BC7C #5968BC #BC599A

square

#BCAD59 #59BC7C #5968BC #BC599A

split-complementary

#BCAD59 #599ABC #7C59BC

monochromatic

#6E642C #9A8C3E #BCAD59 #CEC385 #DFD8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#BCAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#BCAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD59

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD59	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.107 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c58a',
    500: '#bcad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad59;
$custom-light: #d2c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74277,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD59

secondary

#A3AACD

accent

#68D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD59

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

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