#BC9D22#BC9D22

#BC9D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.135 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D22
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -0.38, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 62.63, 90.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0084 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.135 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0867, 34.9228, 6.5111)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D22 #2241BC

analogous

#BC5022 #BC9D22 #8EBC22

triadic

#BC9D22 #22BC9D #9D22BC

tetradic

#BC9D22 #22BC50 #2241BC #BC228E

square

#BC9D22 #22BC50 #2241BC #BC228E

split-complementary

#BC9D22 #228EBC #5022BC

monochromatic

#54460F #887219 #BC9D22 #DCBD3F #E6CF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D22

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D22	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)

#B7A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.135 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b969',
    500: '#bc9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d22;
$custom-light: #d5b969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D22

secondary

#6D80CD

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D22

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

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