#BC9A28#BC9A28

#BC9A28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A28
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 1.45, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 60.04, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0026 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.131 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6796, 33.9578, 6.8403)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A28 #284ABC

analogous

#BC5028 #BC9A28 #94BC28

triadic

#BC9A28 #28BC9A #9A28BC

tetradic

#BC9A28 #28BC50 #284ABC #BC2894

square

#BC9A28 #28BC50 #284ABC #BC2894

split-complementary

#BC9A28 #2894BC #5028BC

monochromatic

#574713 #8A711D #BC9A28 #D8B749 #E3CB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC9A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A28

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A28	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC980F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.131 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76c',
    500: '#bc9a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a28;
$custom-light: #d5b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A28

secondary

#7589CB

accent

#67E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A28

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

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