#BC9D29#BC9D29

#BC9D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D29
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 78.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -0.13, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 60.41, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.007 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.132 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1981, 34.9674, 7.0982)
Luminance	0.3497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D29 #2948BC

analogous

#BC5429 #BC9D29 #91BC29

triadic

#BC9D29 #29BC9D #9D29BC

tetradic

#BC9D29 #29BC54 #2948BC #BC2991

square

#BC9D29 #29BC54 #2948BC #BC2991

split-complementary

#BC9D29 #2991BC #5429BC

monochromatic

#584913 #8A731E #BC9D29 #D8BA4B #E3CD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC9D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D29

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D29	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)

#AF9A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b96c',
    500: '#bc9d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d29;
$custom-light: #d5b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70455,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D29

secondary

#7688CB

accent

#64E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D29

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

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