#BC9B34#BC9B34

#BC9B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B34
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 1.43, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 55.87, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0014 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0821, 34.3840, 8.1425)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B34 #3455BC

analogous

#BC5734 #BC9B34 #99BC34

triadic

#BC9B34 #34BC9B #9B34BC

tetradic

#BC9B34 #34BC57 #3455BC #BC3499

square

#BC9B34 #34BC57 #3455BC #BC3499

split-complementary

#BC9B34 #3499BC #5734BC

monochromatic

#5C4C19 #8C7327 #BC9B34 #D2B55B #DFCB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B34

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B34	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b872',
    500: '#bc9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b34;
$custom-light: #d4b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70116,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B34

secondary

#8394C9

accent

#6DE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B34

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

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