#BC992A#BC992A

#BC992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.129 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC992A
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 2.07, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 59.13, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0006 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.129 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5501, 33.6431, 6.9694)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC992A #2A4DBC

analogous

#BC502A #BC992A #96BC2A

triadic

#BC992A #2ABC99 #992ABC

tetradic

#BC992A #2ABC50 #2A4DBC #BC2A96

square

#BC992A #2ABC50 #2A4DBC #BC2A96

split-complementary

#BC992A #2A96BC #502ABC

monochromatic

#584814 #8A701F #BC992A #D7B64C #E2CA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC992A

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC992A	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.129 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66c',
    500: '#bc992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc992a;
$custom-light: #d5b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69632,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC992A

secondary

#778BCB

accent

#69E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC992A

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

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