#BC9A2C#BC9A2C

#BC9A2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A2C
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, 1.61, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 58.65, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0018 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.128 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7512, 33.9865, 7.2174)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A2C #2C4EBC

analogous

#BC522C #BC9A2C #96BC2C

triadic

#BC9A2C #2CBC9A #9A2CBC

tetradic

#BC9A2C #2CBC52 #2C4EBC #BC2C96

square

#BC9A2C #2CBC52 #2C4EBC #BC2C96

split-complementary

#BC9A2C #2C96BC #522CBC

monochromatic

#594915 #8A7120 #BC9A2C #D6B64F #E1CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A2C

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A2C	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)

#AC9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b76e',
    500: '#bc9a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a2c;
$custom-light: #d4b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69852,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A2C

secondary

#798DCA

accent

#69E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A2C

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

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