#BC9D34#BC9D34

#BC9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D34
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 0.35, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 56.38, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0045 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.125 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.4177, 35.0552, 8.2543)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D34 #3453BC

analogous

#BC5934 #BC9D34 #97BC34

triadic

#BC9D34 #34BC9D #9D34BC

tetradic

#BC9D34 #34BC59 #3453BC #BC3497

square

#BC9D34 #34BC59 #3453BC #BC3497

split-complementary

#BC9D34 #3497BC #5934BC

monochromatic

#5C4D19 #8C7527 #BC9D34 #D2B75B #DFCC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D34

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D34	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)

#AE9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b972',
    500: '#bc9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d34;
$custom-light: #d4b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.35053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D34

secondary

#8393C9

accent

#6BE048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D34

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

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