#BC9C25#BC9C25

#BC9C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.133 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C25
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 0.26, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 61.48, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0063 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.133 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9634, 34.6039, 6.6929)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C25 #2545BC

analogous

#BC5125 #BC9C25 #91BC25

triadic

#BC9C25 #25BC9C #9C25BC

tetradic

#BC9C25 #25BC51 #2545BC #BC2591

square

#BC9C25 #25BC51 #2545BC #BC2591

split-complementary

#BC9C25 #2591BC #5125BC

monochromatic

#564711 #89721B #BC9C25 #DABA44 #E4CD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC9C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C25

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C25	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)

#AE9905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.133 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86a',
    500: '#bc9c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c25;
$custom-light: #d5b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70224,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C25

secondary

#7184CC

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C25

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

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