#BC9E36#BC9E36

#BC9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.125 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E36
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -0.09, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 55.84, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0055 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.125 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6335, 35.4134, 8.5532)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E36 #3654BC

analogous

#BC5B36 #BC9E36 #97BC36

triadic

#BC9E36 #36BC9E #9E36BC

tetradic

#BC9E36 #36BC5B #3654BC #BC3697

square

#BC9E36 #36BC5B #3654BC #BC3697

split-complementary

#BC9E36 #3697BC #5B36BC

monochromatic

#5D4E1B #8C7628 #BC9E36 #D1B75E #DFCC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E36

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E36	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)

#AF9B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.125 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba73',
    500: '#bc9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e36;
$custom-light: #d4ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70755,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E36

secondary

#8594C9

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E36

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

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