#BC9B31#BC9B31

#BC9B31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.126 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B31
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 1.28, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 57.04, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0021 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.126 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.0166, 34.3578, 7.7978)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B31 #3152BC

analogous

#BC5531 #BC9B31 #98BC31

triadic

#BC9B31 #31BC9B #9B31BC

tetradic

#BC9B31 #31BC55 #3152BC #BC3198

square

#BC9B31 #31BC55 #3152BC #BC3198

split-complementary

#BC9B31 #3198BC #5531BC

monochromatic

#5B4B18 #8B7324 #BC9B31 #D3B657 #E0CB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B31

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B31	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)

#AD9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.126 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b870',
    500: '#bc9b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b31;
$custom-light: #d4b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70094,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B31

secondary

#7F91CA

accent

#6BE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B31

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

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