#BC9930#BC9930

#BC9930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9930
RGBrgb(188, 153, 48)
HSLhsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSVhsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.72, 2.32, 56.90)
CIE-LCHlch(64.72, 56.94, 87.66°)
OKLaboklab(69.67% 0.0007 0.1255)
OKLCHoklch(69.67% 0.126 89.7)
XYZxyz(32.6657, 33.6893, 7.5779)
Luminance0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9930 #3053BC
analogous
#BC5330 #BC9930 #99BC30
triadic
#BC9930 #30BC99 #9930BC
tetradic
#BC9930 #30BC53 #3053BC #BC3099
square
#BC9930 #30BC53 #3053BC #BC3099
split-complementary
#BC9930 #3099BC #5330BC
monochromatic
#5A4A17 #8B7124 #BC9930 #D4B455 #E0CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71
#BC9930 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74
#BC9930 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9930
7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9930#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC99301.002.717.747.74
#FFFFFF2.711.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7421.001.001.00
##0000007.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB971F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A136
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC8C84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b670',
    500: '#bc9930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9930;
$custom-light: #d4b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69673,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9930
secondary
#7E91CA
accent
#6DE345
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151108
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9930

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#BC9930 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva