#BC9B37#BC9B37

#BC9B37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.122 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B37
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 1.58, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 54.67, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0006 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.122 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1518, 34.4119, 8.5097)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B37 #3758BC

analogous

#BC5937 #BC9B37 #9ABC37

triadic

#BC9B37 #37BC9B #9B37BC

tetradic

#BC9B37 #37BC59 #3758BC #BC379A

square

#BC9B37 #37BC59 #3758BC #BC379A

split-complementary

#BC9B37 #379ABC #5937BC

monochromatic

#5D4D1B #8D7429 #BC9B37 #D0B460 #DECB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B37

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B37	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)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.122 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b874',
    500: '#bc9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b37;
$custom-light: #d4b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70141,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B37

secondary

#8696C9

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B37

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

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