#BC9B36#BC9B36

#BC9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.123 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B36
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 1.53, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 55.07, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0008 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.123 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1281, 34.4024, 8.3847)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B36 #3657BC

analogous

#BC5836 #BC9B36 #9ABC36

triadic

#BC9B36 #36BC9B #9B36BC

tetradic

#BC9B36 #36BC58 #3657BC #BC369A

square

#BC9B36 #36BC58 #3657BC #BC369A

split-complementary

#BC9B36 #369ABC #5836BC

monochromatic

#5D4D1B #8C7428 #BC9B36 #D1B55E #DFCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B36

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B36	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.123 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b873',
    500: '#bc9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b36;
$custom-light: #d4b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70132,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B36

secondary

#8596C9

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B36

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

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