#BC961E#BC961E

#BC961E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.133 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC961E
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 3.29, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 62.30, 86.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.0017 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.133 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8818, 32.6000, 5.8413)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC961E #1E44BC

analogous

#BC471E #BC961E #93BC1E

triadic

#BC961E #1EBC96 #961EBC

tetradic

#BC961E #1EBC47 #1E44BC #BC1E93

square

#BC961E #1EBC47 #1E44BC #BC1E93

split-complementary

#BC961E #1E93BC #471EBC

monochromatic

#52420D #876C16 #BC961E #DFB738 #E8CA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC961E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC961E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC961E

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC961E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC961E	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc961e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.133 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b467',
    500: '#bc961e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc961e;
$custom-light: #d5b467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc961e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6895,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC961E

secondary

#6881CE

accent

#65EF39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC961E

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

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