#BC9D30#BC9D30

#BC9D30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D30
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 0.16, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 57.91, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0055 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.128 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3314, 35.0207, 7.7998)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D30 #304FBC

analogous

#BC5730 #BC9D30 #95BC30

triadic

#BC9D30 #30BC9D #9D30BC

tetradic

#BC9D30 #30BC57 #304FBC #BC3095

square

#BC9D30 #30BC57 #304FBC #BC3095

split-complementary

#BC9D30 #3095BC #5730BC

monochromatic

#5A4C17 #8B7424 #BC9D30 #D4B855 #E0CC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9D30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D30

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D30	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b970',
    500: '#bc9d30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d30;
$custom-light: #d4b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70501,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D30

secondary

#7E8FCA

accent

#68E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D30

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

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