#BC9D35#BC9D35

#BC9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D35
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, 0.40, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 55.98, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0042 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.125 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4404, 35.0643, 8.3742)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D35 #3554BC

analogous

#BC5935 #BC9D35 #98BC35

triadic

#BC9D35 #35BC9D #9D35BC

tetradic

#BC9D35 #35BC59 #3554BC #BC3598

square

#BC9D35 #35BC59 #3554BC #BC3598

split-complementary

#BC9D35 #3598BC #5935BC

monochromatic

#5D4D1A #8C7528 #BC9D35 #D1B75D #DFCC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D35

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D35	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)

#AE9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b973',
    500: '#bc9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d35;
$custom-light: #d4b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70539,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D35

secondary

#8494C9

accent

#6BDF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D35

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

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