#BC9E31#BC9E31

#BC9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.128 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E31
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -0.33, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 57.79, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0068 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.128 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.5221, 35.3688, 7.9663)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E31 #314FBC

analogous

#BC5831 #BC9E31 #95BC31

triadic

#BC9E31 #31BC9E #9E31BC

tetradic

#BC9E31 #31BC58 #314FBC #BC3195

square

#BC9E31 #31BC58 #314FBC #BC3195

split-complementary

#BC9E31 #3195BC #5831BC

monochromatic

#5B4C18 #8B7524 #BC9E31 #D3B857 #E0CD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E31

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E31	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)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.128 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba71',
    500: '#bc9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e31;
$custom-light: #d4ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.05,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E31

secondary

#7F8FCA

accent

#68E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E31

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

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