#BCAD64#BCAD64

#BCAD64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.095 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCAD64
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 100)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -4.66, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 39.56, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0133 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.095 98)
XYZ	xyz(37.9839, 41.5000, 18.0636)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCAD64 #6473BC

analogous

#BC8164 #BCAD64 #9FBC64

triadic

#BCAD64 #64BCAD #AD64BC

tetradic

#BCAD64 #64BC81 #6473BC #BC649F

square

#BCAD64 #64BC81 #6473BC #BC649F

split-complementary

#BCAD64 #649FBC #8164BC

monochromatic

#746832 #9E8F44 #BCAD64 #CEC48F #E1DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#BCAD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#BCAD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCAD64

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCAD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCAD64	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcad64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.095 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c591',
    500: '#bcad64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcad64;
$custom-light: #d2c591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcad64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.773,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74431,
    "c": 0.09538,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.41499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCAD64

secondary

#ACB2D0

accent

#6DD058

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF8F1

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCAD64

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

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