#BC9B32#BC9B32

#BC9B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B32
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 1.33, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 56.65, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0019 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.125 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0380, 34.3664, 7.9102)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B32 #3253BC

analogous

#BC5632 #BC9B32 #98BC32

triadic

#BC9B32 #32BC9B #9B32BC

tetradic

#BC9B32 #32BC56 #3253BC #BC3298

square

#BC9B32 #32BC56 #3253BC #BC3298

split-complementary

#BC9B32 #3298BC #5632BC

monochromatic

#5B4B18 #8C7325 #BC9B32 #D3B558 #E0CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B32

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B32	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)

#AC9922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b871',
    500: '#bc9b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b32;
$custom-light: #d4b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70101,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B32

secondary

#8092C9

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B32

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

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