#BC9E34#BC9E34

#BC9E34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E34
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -0.19, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 56.64, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.006 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.126 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5875, 35.3950, 8.3109)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E34 #3452BC

analogous

#BC5A34 #BC9E34 #96BC34

triadic

#BC9E34 #34BC9E #9E34BC

tetradic

#BC9E34 #34BC5A #3452BC #BC3496

square

#BC9E34 #34BC5A #3452BC #BC3496

split-complementary

#BC9E34 #3496BC #5A34BC

monochromatic

#5C4D19 #8C7627 #BC9E34 #D2B85B #DFCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E34

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E34	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)

#AF9B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba72',
    500: '#bc9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e34;
$custom-light: #d4ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70739,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E34

secondary

#8392C9

accent

#69E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E34

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

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