#BC9C31#BC9C31

#BC9C31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.127 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C31
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 0.74, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 57.28, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0037 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.127 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1837, 34.6921, 7.8535)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C31 #3151BC

analogous

#BC5731 #BC9C31 #97BC31

triadic

#BC9C31 #31BC9C #9C31BC

tetradic

#BC9C31 #31BC57 #3151BC #BC3197

square

#BC9C31 #31BC57 #3151BC #BC3197

split-complementary

#BC9C31 #3197BC #5731BC

monochromatic

#5B4B18 #8B7424 #BC9C31 #D3B757 #E0CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C31

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C31	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.127 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b870',
    500: '#bc9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c31;
$custom-light: #d4b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70301,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C31

secondary

#7F90CA

accent

#6AE246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C31

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

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