#BC992D#BC992D

#BC992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC992D
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 2.19, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 58.06, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.127 90)
XYZ	xyz(32.6058, 33.6654, 7.2628)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC992D #2D50BC

analogous

#BC522D #BC992D #97BC2D

triadic

#BC992D #2DBC99 #992DBC

tetradic

#BC992D #2DBC52 #2D50BC #BC2D97

square

#BC992D #2DBC52 #2D50BC #BC2D97

split-complementary

#BC992D #2D97BC #522DBC

monochromatic

#594915 #8B7121 #BC992D #D5B551 #E1CA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC992D

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC992D	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)

#AB971A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66e',
    500: '#bc992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc992d;
$custom-light: #d4b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69652,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.33663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC992D

secondary

#7B8ECA

accent

#6BE443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC992D

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

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