#BC9A32#BC9A32

#BC9A32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A32
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, 1.87, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 56.41, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0003 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.125 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8722, 34.0349, 7.8550)
Luminance	0.3403 (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

#BC9A32 #3254BC

analogous

#BC5532 #BC9A32 #99BC32

triadic

#BC9A32 #32BC9A #9A32BC

tetradic

#BC9A32 #32BC55 #3254BC #BC3299

square

#BC9A32 #32BC55 #3254BC #BC3299

split-complementary

#BC9A32 #3299BC #5532BC

monochromatic

#5B4B18 #8C7225 #BC9A32 #D3B558 #E0CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC9A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A32

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A32	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b771',
    500: '#bc9a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a32;
$custom-light: #d4b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69894,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A32

secondary

#8092C9

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A32

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

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