#BC9E25#BC9E25

#BC9E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.134 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E25
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -0.81, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 61.95, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0093 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.134 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.3017, 35.2806, 6.8057)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E25 #2543BC

analogous

#BC5225 #BC9E25 #8FBC25

triadic

#BC9E25 #25BC9E #9E25BC

tetradic

#BC9E25 #25BC52 #2543BC #BC258F

square

#BC9E25 #25BC52 #2543BC #BC258F

split-complementary

#BC9E25 #258FBC #5225BC

monochromatic

#564811 #89731B #BC9E25 #DABC44 #E4CF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC9E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E25

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E25	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.134 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6b',
    500: '#bc9e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e25;
$custom-light: #d5ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70641,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E25

secondary

#7183CC

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E25

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

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