#BC9B23#BC9B23

#BC9B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.134 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B23
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 0.73, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 61.88, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0051 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.134 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7657, 34.2575, 6.4763)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B23 #2344BC

analogous

#BC4E23 #BC9B23 #90BC23

triadic

#BC9B23 #23BC9B #9B23BC

tetradic

#BC9B23 #23BC4E #2344BC #BC2390

square

#BC9B23 #23BC4E #2344BC #BC2390

split-complementary

#BC9B23 #2390BC #4E23BC

monochromatic

#554610 #887019 #BC9B23 #DCBA41 #E5CD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC9B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B23

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B23	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	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)

#B5A22B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.134 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b869',
    500: '#bc9b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b23;
$custom-light: #d5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70006,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B23

secondary

#6F83CC

accent

#62EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B23

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

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