#BC9E35#BC9E35

#BC9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E35
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -0.14, 56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 56.24, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0058 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.125 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6103, 35.4041, 8.4308)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E35 #3553BC

analogous

#BC5B35 #BC9E35 #96BC35

triadic

#BC9E35 #35BC9E #9E35BC

tetradic

#BC9E35 #35BC5B #3553BC #BC3596

square

#BC9E35 #35BC5B #3553BC #BC3596

split-complementary

#BC9E35 #3596BC #5B35BC

monochromatic

#5D4E1A #8C7628 #BC9E35 #D1B75D #DFCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E35

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E35	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)

#AF9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba73',
    500: '#bc9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e35;
$custom-light: #d4ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70747,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E35

secondary

#8493C9

accent

#6ADF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E35

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

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