#BC9B29#BC9B29

#BC9B29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.131 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B29
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 0.95, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 59.93, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.004 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.131 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8625, 34.2962, 6.9863)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B29 #294ABC

analogous

#BC5229 #BC9B29 #93BC29

triadic

#BC9B29 #29BC9B #9B29BC

tetradic

#BC9B29 #29BC52 #294ABC #BC2993

square

#BC9B29 #29BC52 #294ABC #BC2993

split-complementary

#BC9B29 #2993BC #5229BC

monochromatic

#584813 #8A721E #BC9B29 #D8B84B #E3CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B29

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B29	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.131 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86c',
    500: '#bc9b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b29;
$custom-light: #d5b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.13059,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B29

secondary

#7689CB

accent

#66E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B29

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

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