#BC9827#BC9827

#BC9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9827
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 2.49, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 59.94, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0003 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.13 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3354, 33.2964, 6.6428)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9827 #274BBC

analogous

#BC4D27 #BC9827 #96BC27

triadic

#BC9827 #27BC98 #9827BC

tetradic

#BC9827 #27BC4D #274BBC #BC2796

square

#BC9827 #27BC4D #274BBC #BC2796

split-complementary

#BC9827 #2796BC #4D27BC

monochromatic

#574612 #896F1C #BC9827 #D9B647 #E3CA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9827

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9827	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56b',
    500: '#bc9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9827;
$custom-light: #d5b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69408,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9827

secondary

#7389CB

accent

#68E93F

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9827

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

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