#BC9728#BC9728

#BC9728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.129 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9728
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 3.07, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 59.39, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.002 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.129 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1906, 32.9799, 6.6773)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9728 #284DBC

analogous

#BC4D28 #BC9728 #97BC28

triadic

#BC9728 #28BC97 #9728BC

tetradic

#BC9728 #28BC4D #284DBC #BC2897

square

#BC9728 #28BC4D #284DBC #BC2897

split-complementary

#BC9728 #2897BC #4D28BC

monochromatic

#574613 #8A6E1D #BC9728 #D8B449 #E3C97B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC9728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9728

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9728	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.129 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56b',
    500: '#bc9728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9728;
$custom-light: #d5b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69208,
    "c": 0.12901,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9728

secondary

#758ACB

accent

#6AE840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9728

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

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