#BC9E20#BC9E20

#BC9E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E20
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -0.98, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 63.45, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0102 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.137 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2285, 35.2514, 6.4202)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E20 #203EBC

analogous

#BC5020 #BC9E20 #8CBC20

triadic

#BC9E20 #20BC9E #9E20BC

tetradic

#BC9E20 #20BC50 #203EBC #BC208C

square

#BC9E20 #20BC50 #203EBC #BC208C

split-complementary

#BC9E20 #208CBC #5020BC

monochromatic

#53460E #887217 #BC9E20 #DEBF3B #E7D070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E20

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E20	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba69',
    500: '#bc9e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e20;
$custom-light: #d5ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E20

secondary

#6B7ECD

accent

#5DEE3A

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E20

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

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