#BC9E30#BC9E30

#BC9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E30
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -0.38, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 58.17, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.007 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.128 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5012, 35.3604, 7.8564)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E30 #304EBC

analogous

#BC5830 #BC9E30 #94BC30

triadic

#BC9E30 #30BC9E #9E30BC

tetradic

#BC9E30 #30BC58 #304EBC #BC3094

square

#BC9E30 #30BC58 #304EBC #BC3094

split-complementary

#BC9E30 #3094BC #5830BC

monochromatic

#5A4C17 #8B7524 #BC9E30 #D4B955 #E0CD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E30

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E30	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba70',
    500: '#bc9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e30;
$custom-light: #d4ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E30

secondary

#7E8ECA

accent

#67E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E30

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

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