#BC9E21#BC9E21

#BC9E21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.136 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E21
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 33)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -0.95, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 63.16, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0101 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.136 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2423, 35.2569, 6.4929)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E21 #213FBC

analogous

#BC5021 #BC9E21 #8CBC21

triadic

#BC9E21 #21BC9E #9E21BC

tetradic

#BC9E21 #21BC50 #213FBC #BC218C

square

#BC9E21 #21BC50 #213FBC #BC218C

split-complementary

#BC9E21 #218CBC #5021BC

monochromatic

#54460F #887218 #BC9E21 #DDBE3D #E6D071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E21

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E21	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)

#CC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.136 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba69',
    500: '#bc9e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e21;
$custom-light: #d5ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E21

secondary

#6C7FCD

accent

#5DED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E21

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

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