#BC9A33#BC9A33

#BC9A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A33
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 1.92, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 56.02, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0001 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.124 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.8940, 34.0436, 7.9698)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A33 #3355BC

analogous

#BC5533 #BC9A33 #9ABC33

triadic

#BC9A33 #33BC9A #9A33BC

tetradic

#BC9A33 #33BC55 #3355BC #BC339A

square

#BC9A33 #33BC55 #3355BC #BC339A

split-complementary

#BC9A33 #339ABC #5533BC

monochromatic

#5C4B19 #8C7326 #BC9A33 #D2B45A #DFCA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A33

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A33	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)

#AC9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b771',
    500: '#bc9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a33;
$custom-light: #d4b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69902,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.34042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A33

secondary

#8193C9

accent

#6DE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A33

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

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