#BC9C39#BC9C39

#BC9C39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C39
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 1.15, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 54.10, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0016 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.121 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3678, 34.7657, 8.8230)
Luminance	0.3476 (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

#BC9C39 #3959BC

analogous

#BC5B39 #BC9C39 #9ABC39

triadic

#BC9C39 #39BC9C #9C39BC

tetradic

#BC9C39 #39BC5B #3959BC #BC399A

square

#BC9C39 #39BC5B #3959BC #BC399A

split-complementary

#BC9C39 #399ABC #5B39BC

monochromatic

#5E4E1D #8D752B #BC9C39 #D0B563 #DECB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC9C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C39

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C39	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b875',
    500: '#bc9c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c39;
$custom-light: #d4b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70365,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C39

secondary

#8898C9

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C39

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

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