#BC9929#BC9929

#BC9929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.130 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9929
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 2.03, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 59.48, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0009 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.13 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5324, 33.6360, 6.8763)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9929 #294CBC

analogous

#BC4F29 #BC9929 #96BC29

triadic

#BC9929 #29BC99 #9929BC

tetradic

#BC9929 #29BC4F #294CBC #BC2996

square

#BC9929 #29BC4F #294CBC #BC2996

split-complementary

#BC9929 #2996BC #4F29BC

monochromatic

#584713 #8A701E #BC9929 #D8B64B #E3CA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9929

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9929	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)

#AB9712

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.130 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66c',
    500: '#bc9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9929;
$custom-light: #d5b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69626,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9929

secondary

#768ACB

accent

#68E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9929

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

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