#BC9E38#BC9E38

#BC9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E38
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 0.01, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 55.03, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.005 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.123 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6815, 35.4325, 8.8057)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E38 #3856BC

analogous

#BC5C38 #BC9E38 #98BC38

triadic

#BC9E38 #38BC9E #9E38BC

tetradic

#BC9E38 #38BC5C #3856BC #BC3898

square

#BC9E38 #38BC5C #3856BC #BC3898

split-complementary

#BC9E38 #3898BC #5C38BC

monochromatic

#5E4F1C #8D762A #BC9E38 #D0B761 #DECC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BC9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E38

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E38	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba74',
    500: '#bc9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e38;
$custom-light: #d4ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70771,
    "c": 0.12318,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E38

secondary

#8796C9

accent

#6CDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E38

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

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