#BC9C22#BC9C22

#BC9C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C22
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 0.16, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 62.40, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0068 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.135 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9182, 34.5858, 6.4550)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C22 #2242BC

analogous

#BC4F22 #BC9C22 #8FBC22

triadic

#BC9C22 #22BC9C #9C22BC

tetradic

#BC9C22 #22BC4F #2242BC #BC228F

square

#BC9C22 #22BC4F #2242BC #BC228F

split-complementary

#BC9C22 #228FBC #4F22BC

monochromatic

#54460F #887119 #BC9C22 #DCBC3F #E6CE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C22

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C22	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b869',
    500: '#bc9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c22;
$custom-light: #d5b869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70208,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C22

secondary

#6D81CD

accent

#60EC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C22

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

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