#BC9D39#BC9D39

#BC9D39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D39
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 0.61, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 54.36, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0031 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.122 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5363, 35.1027, 8.8792)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D39 #3958BC

analogous

#BC5C39 #BC9D39 #99BC39

triadic

#BC9D39 #39BC9D #9D39BC

tetradic

#BC9D39 #39BC5C #3958BC #BC3999

square

#BC9D39 #39BC5C #3958BC #BC3999

split-complementary

#BC9D39 #3999BC #5C39BC

monochromatic

#5E4F1D #8D762B #BC9D39 #D0B663 #DECC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D39

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D39	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)

#AE9B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b975',
    500: '#bc9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d39;
$custom-light: #d4b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D39

secondary

#8897C9

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D39

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

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