#BC9B25#BC9B25

#BC9B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.133 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B25
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 0.80, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 61.25, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0048 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.133 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7962, 34.2697, 6.6372)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B25 #2546BC

analogous

#BC4F25 #BC9B25 #92BC25

triadic

#BC9B25 #25BC9B #9B25BC

tetradic

#BC9B25 #25BC4F #2546BC #BC2592

square

#BC9B25 #25BC4F #2546BC #BC2592

split-complementary

#BC9B25 #2592BC #4F25BC

monochromatic

#564711 #89711B #BC9B25 #DAB944 #E4CC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC9B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B25

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B25	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)

#AD9906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.133 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86a',
    500: '#bc9b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b25;
$custom-light: #d5b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70017,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B25

secondary

#7185CC

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B25

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

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