#BC991E#BC991E

#BC991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC991E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 1.66, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 62.90, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0029 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3666, 33.5697, 6.0029)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC991E #1E41BC

analogous

#BC4A1E #BC991E #90BC1E

triadic

#BC991E #1EBC99 #991EBC

tetradic

#BC991E #1EBC4A #1E41BC #BC1E90

square

#BC991E #1EBC4A #1E41BC #BC1E90

split-complementary

#BC991E #1E90BC #4A1EBC

monochromatic

#52430D #876E16 #BC991E #DFBA38 #E8CC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC991E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC991E	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b667',
    500: '#bc991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc991e;
$custom-light: #d5b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.709,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69567,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC991E

secondary

#687FCE

accent

#61EF39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC991E

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

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