#BC9B30#BC9B30

#BC9B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.127 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B30
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 1.24, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 57.42, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0024 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.127 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9958, 34.3495, 7.6879)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B30 #3051BC

analogous

#BC5530 #BC9B30 #97BC30

triadic

#BC9B30 #30BC9B #9B30BC

tetradic

#BC9B30 #30BC55 #3051BC #BC3097

square

#BC9B30 #30BC55 #3051BC #BC3097

split-complementary

#BC9B30 #3097BC #5530BC

monochromatic

#5A4B17 #8B7324 #BC9B30 #D4B655 #E0CB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B30

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B30	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.127 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b870',
    500: '#bc9b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b30;
$custom-light: #d4b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70086,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B30

secondary

#7E90CA

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B30

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

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