#BC9C29#BC9C29

#BC9C29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.131 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C29
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 0.41, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 60.17, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0055 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.131 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0296, 34.6304, 7.0420)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C29 #2949BC

analogous

#BC5329 #BC9C29 #92BC29

triadic

#BC9C29 #29BC9C #9C29BC

tetradic

#BC9C29 #29BC53 #2949BC #BC2992

square

#BC9C29 #29BC53 #2949BC #BC2992

split-complementary

#BC9C29 #2992BC #5329BC

monochromatic

#584913 #8A721E #BC9C29 #D8B94B #E3CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C29

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C29	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86c',
    500: '#bc9c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c29;
$custom-light: #d5b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C29

secondary

#7688CB

accent

#65E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C29

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

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