#BC9B33#BC9B33

#BC9B33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B33
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 1.38, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 56.26, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0016 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0598, 34.3751, 8.0251)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B33 #3354BC

analogous

#BC5633 #BC9B33 #99BC33

triadic

#BC9B33 #33BC9B #9B33BC

tetradic

#BC9B33 #33BC56 #3354BC #BC3399

square

#BC9B33 #33BC56 #3354BC #BC3399

split-complementary

#BC9B33 #3399BC #5633BC

monochromatic

#5C4C19 #8C7326 #BC9B33 #D2B55A #DFCB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B33

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B33	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)

#AC9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b871',
    500: '#bc9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b33;
$custom-light: #d4b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70109,
    "c": 0.12473,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B33

secondary

#8193C9

accent

#6CE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B33

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

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