#BC9A23#BC9A23

#BC9A23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.133 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A23
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 1.27, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 61.65, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0036 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.133 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6000, 33.9260, 6.4211)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A23 #2345BC

analogous

#BC4D23 #BC9A23 #91BC23

triadic

#BC9A23 #23BC9A #9A23BC

tetradic

#BC9A23 #23BC4D #2345BC #BC2391

square

#BC9A23 #23BC4D #2345BC #BC2391

split-complementary

#BC9A23 #2391BC #4D23BC

monochromatic

#554510 #887019 #BC9A23 #DCB941 #E5CC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC9A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A23

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A23	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9801

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A22B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.133 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b769',
    500: '#bc9a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a23;
$custom-light: #d5b769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A23

secondary

#6F83CC

accent

#63EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A23

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

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