#BC9C36#BC9C36

#BC9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.123 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C36
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 0.99, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 55.32, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0024 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.123 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2952, 34.7366, 8.4405)
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

#BC9C36 #3656BC

analogous

#BC5936 #BC9C36 #99BC36

triadic

#BC9C36 #36BC9C #9C36BC

tetradic

#BC9C36 #36BC59 #3656BC #BC3699

square

#BC9C36 #36BC59 #3656BC #BC3699

split-complementary

#BC9C36 #3699BC #5936BC

monochromatic

#5D4D1B #8C7528 #BC9C36 #D1B65E #DFCB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C36

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C36	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.123 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b873',
    500: '#bc9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c36;
$custom-light: #d4b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C36

secondary

#8595C9

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C36

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

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