#BC9D36#BC9D36

#BC9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D36
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 0.45, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 55.58, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.004 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.124 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4637, 35.0736, 8.4966)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D36 #3655BC

analogous

#BC5A36 #BC9D36 #98BC36

triadic

#BC9D36 #36BC9D #9D36BC

tetradic

#BC9D36 #36BC5A #3655BC #BC3698

square

#BC9D36 #36BC5A #3655BC #BC3698

split-complementary

#BC9D36 #3698BC #5A36BC

monochromatic

#5D4E1B #8C7528 #BC9D36 #D1B65E #DFCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D36

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D36	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)

#AE9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b973',
    500: '#bc9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d36;
$custom-light: #d4b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70547,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D36

secondary

#8595C9

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D36

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

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