#BC9D37#BC9D37

#BC9D37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D37
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, 0.50, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 55.18, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0037 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.123 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4874, 35.0831, 8.6216)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D37 #3756BC

analogous

#BC5A37 #BC9D37 #99BC37

triadic

#BC9D37 #37BC9D #9D37BC

tetradic

#BC9D37 #37BC5A #3756BC #BC3799

square

#BC9D37 #37BC5A #3756BC #BC3799

split-complementary

#BC9D37 #3799BC #5A37BC

monochromatic

#5D4E1B #8D7529 #BC9D37 #D0B660 #DECC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D37

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D37	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b974',
    500: '#bc9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d37;
$custom-light: #d4b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D37

secondary

#8695C9

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D37

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

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