#BC9E28#BC9E28

#BC9E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.133 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E28
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 78.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, -0.71, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 60.99, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0088 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.133 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3508, 35.3003, 7.0641)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E28 #2846BC

analogous

#BC5428 #BC9E28 #90BC28

triadic

#BC9E28 #28BC9E #9E28BC

tetradic

#BC9E28 #28BC54 #2846BC #BC2890

square

#BC9E28 #28BC54 #2846BC #BC2890

split-complementary

#BC9E28 #2890BC #5428BC

monochromatic

#574913 #8A741D #BC9E28 #D8BB49 #E3CE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC9E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E28

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E28	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)

#B09B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.133 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6c',
    500: '#bc9e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e28;
$custom-light: #d5ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.13288,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E28

secondary

#7586CB

accent

#62E840

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E28

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

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