#BC9A2E#BC9A2E

#BC9A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A2E
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 1.69, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 57.93, 88.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0013 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.127 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.7897, 34.0019, 7.4202)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A2E #2E50BC

analogous

#BC532E #BC9A2E #97BC2E

triadic

#BC9A2E #2EBC9A #9A2EBC

tetradic

#BC9A2E #2EBC53 #2E50BC #BC2E97

square

#BC9A2E #2EBC53 #2E50BC #BC2E97

split-complementary

#BC9A2E #2E97BC #532EBC

monochromatic

#5A4916 #8B7222 #BC9A2E #D5B652 #E1CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A2E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b76f',
    500: '#bc9a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a2e;
$custom-light: #d4b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69865,
    "c": 0.12725,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A2E

secondary

#7C8FCA

accent

#6AE444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A2E

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

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