#BC992E#BC992E

#BC992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC992E
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 2.23, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 57.69, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0003 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.127 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6253, 33.6732, 7.3654)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC992E #2E51BC

analogous

#BC522E #BC992E #98BC2E

triadic

#BC992E #2EBC99 #992EBC

tetradic

#BC992E #2EBC52 #2E51BC #BC2E98

square

#BC992E #2EBC52 #2E51BC #BC2E98

split-complementary

#BC992E #2E98BC #522EBC

monochromatic

#5A4916 #8B7122 #BC992E #D5B552 #E1CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC992E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC992E	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)

#AB971C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66e',
    500: '#bc992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc992e;
$custom-light: #d4b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC992E

secondary

#7C8FCA

accent

#6BE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC992E

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

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