#BC9E32#BC9E32

#BC9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E32
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -0.29, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 57.41, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0065 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.127 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5434, 35.3773, 8.0787)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E32 #3250BC

analogous

#BC5932 #BC9E32 #95BC32

triadic

#BC9E32 #32BC9E #9E32BC

tetradic

#BC9E32 #32BC59 #3250BC #BC3295

square

#BC9E32 #32BC59 #3250BC #BC3295

split-complementary

#BC9E32 #3295BC #5932BC

monochromatic

#5B4D18 #8C7525 #BC9E32 #D3B858 #E0CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E32

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E32	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)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba71',
    500: '#bc9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e32;
$custom-light: #d4ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70724,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E32

secondary

#8090C9

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E32

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

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