#BC9C28#BC9C28

#BC9C28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.132 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C28
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 0.37, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 60.51, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0057 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.132 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0124, 34.6235, 6.9513)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C28 #2848BC

analogous

#BC5228 #BC9C28 #92BC28

triadic

#BC9C28 #28BC9C #9C28BC

tetradic

#BC9C28 #28BC52 #2848BC #BC2892

square

#BC9C28 #28BC52 #2848BC #BC2892

split-complementary

#BC9C28 #2892BC #5228BC

monochromatic

#574813 #8A721D #BC9C28 #D8B949 #E3CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC9C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C28

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C28	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)

#AE9A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.132 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86c',
    500: '#bc9c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c28;
$custom-light: #d5b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70241,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C28

secondary

#7587CB

accent

#64E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C28

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

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