#BC9C23#BC9C23

#BC9C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.134 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C23
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 0.19, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 62.10, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0067 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.134 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9328, 34.5917, 6.5320)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C23 #2343BC

analogous

#BC4F23 #BC9C23 #8FBC23

triadic

#BC9C23 #23BC9C #9C23BC

tetradic

#BC9C23 #23BC4F #2343BC #BC238F

square

#BC9C23 #23BC4F #2343BC #BC238F

split-complementary

#BC9C23 #238FBC #4F23BC

monochromatic

#554610 #887119 #BC9C23 #DCBB41 #E5CE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC9C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C23

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C23	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: #bc9c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.134 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86a',
    500: '#bc9c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c23;
$custom-light: #d5b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70214,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C23

secondary

#6F82CC

accent

#61EB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C23

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

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