#BC9829#BC9829

#BC9829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.129 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9829
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 2.57, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 59.26, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0007 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.129 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3695, 33.3100, 6.8220)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9829 #294DBC

analogous

#BC4E29 #BC9829 #97BC29

triadic

#BC9829 #29BC98 #9829BC

tetradic

#BC9829 #29BC4E #294DBC #BC2997

square

#BC9829 #29BC4E #294DBC #BC2997

split-complementary

#BC9829 #2997BC #4E29BC

monochromatic

#584713 #8A6F1E #BC9829 #D8B54B #E3CA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC9829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9829

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9829	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)

#AA9612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.129 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56c',
    500: '#bc9829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9829;
$custom-light: #d5b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6942,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9829

secondary

#768BCB

accent

#69E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9829

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

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