#BC992F#BC992F

#BC992F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC992F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 2.28, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 57.32, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0005 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.126 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6453, 33.6811, 7.4704)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC992F #2F52BC

analogous

#BC522F #BC992F #98BC2F

triadic

#BC992F #2FBC99 #992FBC

tetradic

#BC992F #2FBC52 #2F52BC #BC2F98

square

#BC992F #2FBC52 #2F52BC #BC2F98

split-complementary

#BC992F #2F98BC #522FBC

monochromatic

#5A4917 #8B7123 #BC992F #D4B454 #E0CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC992F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC992F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC992F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC992F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC992F	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc992f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b66f',
    500: '#bc992f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc992f;
$custom-light: #d4b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc992f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69666,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC992F

secondary

#7D90CA

accent

#6CE345

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC992F

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

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