#BC9A2A#BC9A2A

#BC9A2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A2A
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 1.53, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 59.36, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% -0.0022 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(32.7145, 33.9718, 7.0242)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A2A #2A4CBC

analogous

#BC512A #BC9A2A #95BC2A

triadic

#BC9A2A #2ABC9A #9A2ABC

tetradic

#BC9A2A #2ABC51 #2A4CBC #BC2A95

square

#BC9A2A #2ABC51 #2A4CBC #BC2A95

split-complementary

#BC9A2A #2A95BC #512ABC

monochromatic

#584814 #8A711F #BC9A2A #D7B74C #E2CB7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC9A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A2A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A2A	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b76d',
    500: '#bc9a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a2a;
$custom-light: #d5b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69839,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.3397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A2A

secondary

#778BCB

accent

#68E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A2A

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

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