#BC992B#BC992B

#BC992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC992B
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 2.11, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 58.78, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0004 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.128 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5682, 33.6503, 7.0648)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC992B #2B4EBC

analogous

#BC502B #BC992B #97BC2B

triadic

#BC992B #2BBC99 #992BBC

tetradic

#BC992B #2BBC50 #2B4EBC #BC2B97

square

#BC992B #2BBC50 #2B4EBC #BC2B97

split-complementary

#BC992B #2B97BC #502BBC

monochromatic

#584814 #8A7020 #BC992B #D6B54E #E2CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC992B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC992B	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)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b66d',
    500: '#bc992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc992b;
$custom-light: #d5b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69639,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC992B

secondary

#788CCB

accent

#6AE642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC992B

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

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