#BC982A#BC982A

#BC982A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.128 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC982A
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 2.61, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 58.91, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0009 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.128 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3871, 33.3171, 6.9150)
Luminance	0.3332 (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

#BC982A #2A4EBC

analogous

#BC4F2A #BC982A #97BC2A

triadic

#BC982A #2ABC98 #982ABC

tetradic

#BC982A #2ABC4F #2A4EBC #BC2A97

square

#BC982A #2ABC4F #2A4EBC #BC2A97

split-complementary

#BC982A #2A97BC #4F2ABC

monochromatic

#584714 #8A701F #BC982A #D7B54C #E2CA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC982A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC982A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC982A

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC982A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC982A	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc982a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.128 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56c',
    500: '#bc982a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc982a;
$custom-light: #d5b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc982a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69426,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC982A

secondary

#778CCB

accent

#6AE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC982A

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

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