#BC9D33#BC9D33

#BC9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D33
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 0.30, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 56.77, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0047 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.126 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3954, 35.0463, 8.1370)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D33 #3352BC

analogous

#BC5833 #BC9D33 #97BC33

triadic

#BC9D33 #33BC9D #9D33BC

tetradic

#BC9D33 #33BC58 #3352BC #BC3397

square

#BC9D33 #33BC58 #3352BC #BC3397

split-complementary

#BC9D33 #3397BC #5833BC

monochromatic

#5C4D19 #8C7526 #BC9D33 #D2B75A #DFCC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D33

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D33	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)

#AE9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b972',
    500: '#bc9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d33;
$custom-light: #d4b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D33

secondary

#8192C9

accent

#6AE147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D33

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

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