#BC9828#BC9828

#BC9828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.130 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9828
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 2.53, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 59.60, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0005 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.13 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3522, 33.3032, 6.7312)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9828 #284CBC

analogous

#BC4E28 #BC9828 #96BC28

triadic

#BC9828 #28BC98 #9828BC

tetradic

#BC9828 #28BC4E #284CBC #BC2896

square

#BC9828 #28BC4E #284CBC #BC2896

split-complementary

#BC9828 #2896BC #4E28BC

monochromatic

#574613 #8A6F1D #BC9828 #D8B549 #E3CA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC9828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9828

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9828	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)

#AA9610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.130 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56b',
    500: '#bc9828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9828;
$custom-light: #d5b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69414,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9828

secondary

#758ACB

accent

#69E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9828

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

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