#BC9E37#BC9E37

#BC9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.124 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E37
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -0.04, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 55.44, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0052 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.124 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6573, 35.4229, 8.6782)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E37 #3755BC

analogous

#BC5B37 #BC9E37 #98BC37

triadic

#BC9E37 #37BC9E #9E37BC

tetradic

#BC9E37 #37BC5B #3755BC #BC3798

square

#BC9E37 #37BC5B #3755BC #BC3798

split-complementary

#BC9E37 #3798BC #5B37BC

monochromatic

#5D4E1B #8D7629 #BC9E37 #D0B760 #DECC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E37

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E37	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)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.124 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba74',
    500: '#bc9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e37;
$custom-light: #d4ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.12387,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E37

secondary

#8695C9

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E37

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

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