#BC9928#BC9928

#BC9928 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9928
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 1.99, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 59.82, 88.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0011 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.13 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5152, 33.6291, 6.7855)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9928 #284BBC

analogous

#BC4F28 #BC9928 #95BC28

triadic

#BC9928 #28BC99 #9928BC

tetradic

#BC9928 #28BC4F #284BBC #BC2895

square

#BC9928 #28BC4F #284BBC #BC2895

split-complementary

#BC9928 #2895BC #4F28BC

monochromatic

#574713 #8A701D #BC9928 #D8B649 #E3CB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9928 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC9928 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9928

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9928	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9928	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9928;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66b',
    500: '#bc9928',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9928;
$custom-light: #d5b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9928",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6962,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9928

secondary

#7589CB

accent

#68E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9928

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

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