#BC9D20#BC9D20

#BC9D20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.136 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D20
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -0.44, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 63.21, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0087 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.136 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0587, 34.9116, 6.3636)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D20 #203FBC

analogous

#BC4F20 #BC9D20 #8DBC20

triadic

#BC9D20 #20BC9D #9D20BC

tetradic

#BC9D20 #20BC4F #203FBC #BC208D

square

#BC9D20 #20BC4F #203FBC #BC208D

split-complementary

#BC9D20 #208DBC #4F20BC

monochromatic

#53460E #887117 #BC9D20 #DEBD3B #E7CF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC9D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D20

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D20	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.136 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b968',
    500: '#bc9d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d20;
$custom-light: #d5b968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.077,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70407,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D20

secondary

#6B7ECD

accent

#5EEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D20

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

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