#BC9C35#BC9C35

#BC9C35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.124 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C35
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 0.94, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 55.72, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0027 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.124 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2719, 34.7273, 8.3180)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C35 #3555BC

analogous

#BC5935 #BC9C35 #99BC35

triadic

#BC9C35 #35BC9C #9C35BC

tetradic

#BC9C35 #35BC59 #3555BC #BC3599

square

#BC9C35 #35BC59 #3555BC #BC3599

split-complementary

#BC9C35 #3599BC #5935BC

monochromatic

#5D4D1A #8C7428 #BC9C35 #D1B65D #DFCB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C35

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C35	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.124 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b873',
    500: '#bc9c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c35;
$custom-light: #d4b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70331,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C35

secondary

#8494C9

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C35

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

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