#BC9A29#BC9A29

#BC9A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A29
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 1.49, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 59.70, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0024 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.13 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6968, 33.9647, 6.9311)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A29 #294BBC

analogous

#BC5029 #BC9A29 #95BC29

triadic

#BC9A29 #29BC9A #9A29BC

tetradic

#BC9A29 #29BC50 #294BBC #BC2995

square

#BC9A29 #29BC50 #294BBC #BC2995

split-complementary

#BC9A29 #2995BC #5029BC

monochromatic

#584813 #8A711E #BC9A29 #D8B74B #E3CB7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC9A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A29

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A29	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#AC9812

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76c',
    500: '#bc9a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a29;
$custom-light: #d5b76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69833,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A29

secondary

#768ACB

accent

#67E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A29

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

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