#BC9923#BC9923

#BC9923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9923
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 1.81, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 61.44, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0021 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4356, 33.5973, 6.3663)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9923 #2346BC

analogous

#BC4D23 #BC9923 #92BC23

triadic

#BC9923 #23BC99 #9923BC

tetradic

#BC9923 #23BC4D #2346BC #BC2392

square

#BC9923 #23BC4D #2346BC #BC2392

split-complementary

#BC9923 #2392BC #4D23BC

monochromatic

#554510 #886F19 #BC9923 #DCB841 #E5CB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9923

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9923	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b669',
    500: '#bc9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9923;
$custom-light: #d5b669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69592,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9923

secondary

#6F84CC

accent

#64EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9923

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

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