#BC9A30#BC9A30

#BC9A30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A30
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 1.78, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 57.18, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0008 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8300, 34.0180, 7.6327)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A30 #3052BC

analogous

#BC5430 #BC9A30 #98BC30

triadic

#BC9A30 #30BC9A #9A30BC

tetradic

#BC9A30 #30BC54 #3052BC #BC3098

square

#BC9A30 #30BC54 #3052BC #BC3098

split-complementary

#BC9A30 #3098BC #5430BC

monochromatic

#5A4A17 #8B7224 #BC9A30 #D4B555 #E0CA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A30

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A30	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC981F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b770',
    500: '#bc9a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a30;
$custom-light: #d4b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69879,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A30

secondary

#7E90CA

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A30

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

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