#BC9E22#BC9E22

#BC9E22 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	#BC9E22
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -0.91, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 62.87, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0099 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.136 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2565, 35.2626, 6.5678)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E22 #2240BC

analogous

#BC5122 #BC9E22 #8DBC22

triadic

#BC9E22 #22BC9E #9E22BC

tetradic

#BC9E22 #22BC51 #2240BC #BC228D

square

#BC9E22 #22BC51 #2240BC #BC228D

split-complementary

#BC9E22 #228DBC #5122BC

monochromatic

#54470F #887219 #BC9E22 #DCBE3F #E6CF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E22

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E22	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)

#B7A42B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.136 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba69',
    500: '#bc9e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e22;
$custom-light: #d5ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70625,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E22

secondary

#6D80CD

accent

#5EEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E22

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

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