#BC9A2D#BC9A2D

#BC9A2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A2D
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 1.65, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 58.29, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0015 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.128 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7702, 33.9941, 7.3176)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A2D #2D4FBC

analogous

#BC522D #BC9A2D #96BC2D

triadic

#BC9A2D #2DBC9A #9A2DBC

tetradic

#BC9A2D #2DBC52 #2D4FBC #BC2D96

square

#BC9A2D #2DBC52 #2D4FBC #BC2D96

split-complementary

#BC9A2D #2D96BC #522DBC

monochromatic

#594915 #8B7221 #BC9A2D #D5B651 #E1CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A2D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A2D	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)

#AC981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b76e',
    500: '#bc9a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a2d;
$custom-light: #d4b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69858,
    "c": 0.12783,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A2D

secondary

#7B8ECA

accent

#6AE443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A2D

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

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