#BC9E33#BC9E33

#BC9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.127 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E33
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -0.24, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 57.03, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.0063 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.127 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5653, 35.3861, 8.1936)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E33 #3351BC

analogous

#BC5933 #BC9E33 #96BC33

triadic

#BC9E33 #33BC9E #9E33BC

tetradic

#BC9E33 #33BC59 #3351BC #BC3396

square

#BC9E33 #33BC59 #3351BC #BC3396

split-complementary

#BC9E33 #3396BC #5933BC

monochromatic

#5C4D19 #8C7626 #BC9E33 #D2B85A #DFCD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E33

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E33	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.127 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba72',
    500: '#bc9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e33;
$custom-light: #d4ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.861,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70731,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E33

secondary

#8191C9

accent

#69E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E33

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

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