#BC9D28#BC9D28

#BC9D28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D28
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -0.17, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 60.74, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0072 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.132 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1809, 34.9605, 7.0074)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D28 #2847BC

analogous

#BC5328 #BC9D28 #91BC28

triadic

#BC9D28 #28BC9D #9D28BC

tetradic

#BC9D28 #28BC53 #2847BC #BC2891

square

#BC9D28 #28BC53 #2847BC #BC2891

split-complementary

#BC9D28 #2891BC #5328BC

monochromatic

#574913 #8A731D #BC9D28 #D8BA49 #E3CD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC9D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D28

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D28	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96c',
    500: '#bc9d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d28;
$custom-light: #d5b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70449,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D28

secondary

#7587CB

accent

#63E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D28

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

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