#BC9E23#BC9E23

#BC9E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.135 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E23
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -0.88, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 62.57, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0097 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.135 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2712, 35.2684, 6.6448)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E23 #2341BC

analogous

#BC5123 #BC9E23 #8DBC23

triadic

#BC9E23 #23BC9E #9E23BC

tetradic

#BC9E23 #23BC51 #2341BC #BC238D

square

#BC9E23 #23BC51 #2341BC #BC238D

split-complementary

#BC9E23 #238DBC #5123BC

monochromatic

#554710 #887319 #BC9E23 #DCBD41 #E5CF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E23

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E23	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)

#B7A42C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.135 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6a',
    500: '#bc9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e23;
$custom-light: #d5ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7063,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E23

secondary

#6F81CC

accent

#5FEB3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E23

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

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