#BC9A34#BC9A34

#BC9A34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.124 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A34
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 1.97, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 55.63, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0002 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.124 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9163, 34.0525, 8.0872)
Luminance	0.3405 (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

#BC9A34 #3456BC

analogous

#BC5634 #BC9A34 #9ABC34

triadic

#BC9A34 #34BC9A #9A34BC

tetradic

#BC9A34 #34BC56 #3456BC #BC349A

square

#BC9A34 #34BC56 #3456BC #BC349A

split-complementary

#BC9A34 #349ABC #5634BC

monochromatic

#5C4B19 #8C7327 #BC9A34 #D2B45B #DFCA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC9A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A34

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A34	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)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.124 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b772',
    500: '#bc9a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a34;
$custom-light: #d4b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6991,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A34

secondary

#8394C9

accent

#6EE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A34

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

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