#BC9A2B#BC9A2B

#BC9A2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A2B
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 1.57, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 59.01, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.002 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7326, 33.9790, 7.1196)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A2B #2B4DBC

analogous

#BC512B #BC9A2B #95BC2B

triadic

#BC9A2B #2BBC9A #9A2BBC

tetradic

#BC9A2B #2BBC51 #2B4DBC #BC2B95

square

#BC9A2B #2BBC51 #2B4DBC #BC2B95

split-complementary

#BC9A2B #2B95BC #512BBC

monochromatic

#584814 #8A7120 #BC9A2B #D6B64E #E2CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A2B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A2B	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b76d',
    500: '#bc9a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a2b;
$custom-light: #d4b76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69845,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A2B

secondary

#788CCB

accent

#68E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A2B

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

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