#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
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 2.32, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 56.94, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0007 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.126 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6657, 33.6893, 7.5779)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BC9930	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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