#BC992C#BC992C

#BC992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.128 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC992C
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 2.15, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 58.42, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0002 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.128 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5868, 33.6578, 7.1626)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC992C #2C4FBC

analogous

#BC512C #BC992C #97BC2C

triadic

#BC992C #2CBC99 #992CBC

tetradic

#BC992C #2CBC51 #2C4FBC #BC2C97

square

#BC992C #2CBC51 #2C4FBC #BC2C97

split-complementary

#BC992C #2C97BC #512CBC

monochromatic

#594815 #8A7120 #BC992C #D6B54F #E1CA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC992C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC992C	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)

#AB9718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.128 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66d',
    500: '#bc992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc992c;
$custom-light: #d4b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69645,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC992C

secondary

#798DCA

accent

#6AE543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC992C

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

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