#BC9D38#BC9D38

#BC9D38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.123 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D38
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, 0.55, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 54.77, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0034 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.123 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5116, 35.0928, 8.7491)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D38 #3857BC

analogous

#BC5B38 #BC9D38 #99BC38

triadic

#BC9D38 #38BC9D #9D38BC

tetradic

#BC9D38 #38BC5B #3857BC #BC3899

square

#BC9D38 #38BC5B #3857BC #BC3899

split-complementary

#BC9D38 #3899BC #5B38BC

monochromatic

#5E4E1C #8D762A #BC9D38 #D0B661 #DECC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC9D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D38

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D38	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)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.123 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b974',
    500: '#bc9d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d38;
$custom-light: #d4b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70563,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D38

secondary

#8796C9

accent

#6DDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D38

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

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