#BC982B#BC982B

#BC982B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.128 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC982B
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, 2.65, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 58.56, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0011 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.128 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4053, 33.3244, 7.0105)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC982B #2B4FBC

analogous

#BC4F2B #BC982B #98BC2B

triadic

#BC982B #2BBC98 #982BBC

tetradic

#BC982B #2BBC4F #2B4FBC #BC2B98

square

#BC982B #2BBC4F #2B4FBC #BC2B98

split-complementary

#BC982B #2B98BC #4F2BBC

monochromatic

#584714 #8A7020 #BC982B #D6B54E #E2C980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC982B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC982B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC982B

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC982B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC982B	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)

#AA9617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc982b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.128 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b56d',
    500: '#bc982b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc982b;
$custom-light: #d5b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc982b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC982B

secondary

#788DCB

accent

#6BE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC982B

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

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