#BC9E39#BC9E39

#BC9E39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.122 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E39
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, 0.07, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 54.62, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0047 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.122 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7062, 35.4424, 8.9358)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E39 #3957BC

analogous

#BC5D39 #BC9E39 #98BC39

triadic

#BC9E39 #39BC9E #9E39BC

tetradic

#BC9E39 #39BC5D #3957BC #BC3998

square

#BC9E39 #39BC5D #3957BC #BC3998

split-complementary

#BC9E39 #3998BC #5D39BC

monochromatic

#5E4F1D #8D772B #BC9E39 #D0B763 #DECC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BC9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E39

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E39	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)

#AF9C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.122 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba75',
    500: '#bc9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e39;
$custom-light: #d4ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7078,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E39

secondary

#8897C9

accent

#6CDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E39

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

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