#BC9C33#BC9C33

#BC9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C33
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 0.84, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 56.51, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0032 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.125 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2269, 34.7093, 8.0808)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C33 #3353BC

analogous

#BC5733 #BC9C33 #98BC33

triadic

#BC9C33 #33BC9C #9C33BC

tetradic

#BC9C33 #33BC57 #3353BC #BC3398

square

#BC9C33 #33BC57 #3353BC #BC3398

split-complementary

#BC9C33 #3398BC #5733BC

monochromatic

#5C4C19 #8C7426 #BC9C33 #D2B65A #DFCB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C33

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C33	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)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b871',
    500: '#bc9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c33;
$custom-light: #d4b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70316,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C33

secondary

#8192C9

accent

#6BE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C33

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

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