#BC9B35#BC9B35

#BC9B35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B35
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 1.48, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 55.47, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0011 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.123 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1048, 34.3931, 8.2623)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B35 #3556BC

analogous

#BC5735 #BC9B35 #9ABC35

triadic

#BC9B35 #35BC9B #9B35BC

tetradic

#BC9B35 #35BC57 #3556BC #BC359A

square

#BC9B35 #35BC57 #3556BC #BC359A

split-complementary

#BC9B35 #359ABC #5735BC

monochromatic

#5D4C1A #8C7428 #BC9B35 #D1B55D #DFCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B35

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B35	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b872',
    500: '#bc9b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b35;
$custom-light: #d4b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70124,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B35

secondary

#8495C9

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B35

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

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