#BC9D31#BC9D31

#BC9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D31
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 0.21, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 57.53, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0052 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.127 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.3522, 35.0290, 7.9097)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D31 #3150BC

analogous

#BC5831 #BC9D31 #96BC31

triadic

#BC9D31 #31BC9D #9D31BC

tetradic

#BC9D31 #31BC58 #3150BC #BC3196

square

#BC9D31 #31BC58 #3150BC #BC3196

split-complementary

#BC9D31 #3196BC #5831BC

monochromatic

#5B4C18 #8B7424 #BC9D31 #D3B857 #E0CC88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D31

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D31	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b970',
    500: '#bc9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d31;
$custom-light: #d4b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70508,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D31

secondary

#7F90CA

accent

#69E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D31

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

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