#BC9C32#BC9C32

#BC9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.126 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C32
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 0.79, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 56.90, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0034 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.126 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2051, 34.7006, 7.9659)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C32 #3252BC

analogous

#BC5732 #BC9C32 #97BC32

triadic

#BC9C32 #32BC9C #9C32BC

tetradic

#BC9C32 #32BC57 #3252BC #BC3297

square

#BC9C32 #32BC57 #3252BC #BC3297

split-complementary

#BC9C32 #3297BC #5732BC

monochromatic

#5B4C18 #8C7425 #BC9C32 #D3B658 #E0CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C32

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C32	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AD9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.126 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b871',
    500: '#bc9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c32;
$custom-light: #d4b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C32

secondary

#8091C9

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C32

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

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