#BC9C38#BC9C38

#BC9C38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.122 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C38
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 1.09, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 54.51, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0019 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.122 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3431, 34.7558, 8.6929)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C38 #3858BC

analogous

#BC5A38 #BC9C38 #9ABC38

triadic

#BC9C38 #38BC9C #9C38BC

tetradic

#BC9C38 #38BC5A #3858BC #BC389A

square

#BC9C38 #38BC5A #3858BC #BC389A

split-complementary

#BC9C38 #389ABC #5A38BC

monochromatic

#5E4E1C #8D752A #BC9C38 #D0B561 #DECB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C38

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C38	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)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.122 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b874',
    500: '#bc9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c38;
$custom-light: #d4b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70356,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C38

secondary

#8797C9

accent

#6EDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C38

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

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