#BC9D32#BC9D32

#BC9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D32
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 0.25, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 57.15, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.005 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3736, 35.0376, 8.0221)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D32 #3251BC

analogous

#BC5832 #BC9D32 #96BC32

triadic

#BC9D32 #32BC9D #9D32BC

tetradic

#BC9D32 #32BC58 #3251BC #BC3296

square

#BC9D32 #32BC58 #3251BC #BC3296

split-complementary

#BC9D32 #3296BC #5832BC

monochromatic

#5B4C18 #8C7525 #BC9D32 #D3B758 #E0CC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D32

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D32	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)

#AE9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b971',
    500: '#bc9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d32;
$custom-light: #d4b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70516,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D32

secondary

#8091C9

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D32

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

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