#BC9A31#BC9A31

#BC9A31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A31
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, 1.82, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 56.80, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0006 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.125 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8509, 34.0264, 7.7426)
Luminance	0.3402 (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

#BC9A31 #3153BC

analogous

#BC5531 #BC9A31 #99BC31

triadic

#BC9A31 #31BC9A #9A31BC

tetradic

#BC9A31 #31BC55 #3153BC #BC3199

square

#BC9A31 #31BC55 #3153BC #BC3199

split-complementary

#BC9A31 #3199BC #5531BC

monochromatic

#5B4A18 #8B7224 #BC9A31 #D3B557 #E0CA88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A31

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A31	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)

#AC9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b770',
    500: '#bc9a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a31;
$custom-light: #d4b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69887,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A31

secondary

#7F91CA

accent

#6CE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A31

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

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