#BC9A2F#BC9A2F

#BC9A2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A2F
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, 1.73, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 57.55, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.0011 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.127 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8096, 34.0099, 7.5252)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A2F #2F51BC

analogous

#BC532F #BC9A2F #97BC2F

triadic

#BC9A2F #2FBC9A #9A2FBC

tetradic

#BC9A2F #2FBC53 #2F51BC #BC2F97

square

#BC9A2F #2FBC53 #2F51BC #BC2F97

split-complementary

#BC9A2F #2F97BC #532FBC

monochromatic

#5A4A17 #8B7223 #BC9A2F #D4B554 #E0CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A2F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A2F	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)

#AC981D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b76f',
    500: '#bc9a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a2f;
$custom-light: #d4b76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69872,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A2F

secondary

#7D8FCA

accent

#6BE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A2F

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

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