#BC9B22#BC9B22

#BC9B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.134 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B22
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 0.70, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 62.18, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0053 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.134 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7511, 34.2516, 6.3993)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B22 #2243BC

analogous

#BC4E22 #BC9B22 #90BC22

triadic

#BC9B22 #22BC9B #9B22BC

tetradic

#BC9B22 #22BC4E #2243BC #BC2290

square

#BC9B22 #22BC4E #2243BC #BC2290

split-complementary

#BC9B22 #2290BC #4E22BC

monochromatic

#54460F #887019 #BC9B22 #DCBB3F #E6CD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC9B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B22

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B22	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.134 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b869',
    500: '#bc9b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b22;
$custom-light: #d5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70001,
    "c": 0.13401,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B22

secondary

#6D82CD

accent

#61EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B22

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

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