#BC9B2A#BC9B2A

#BC9B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B2A
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 0.98, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 59.59, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0037 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.13 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8802, 34.3033, 7.0794)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B2A #2A4BBC

analogous

#BC522A #BC9B2A #94BC2A

triadic

#BC9B2A #2ABC9B #9B2ABC

tetradic

#BC9B2A #2ABC52 #2A4BBC #BC2A94

square

#BC9B2A #2ABC52 #2A4BBC #BC2A94

split-complementary

#BC9B2A #2A94BC #522ABC

monochromatic

#584914 #8A721F #BC9B2A #D7B84C #E2CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B2A

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B2A	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b86d',
    500: '#bc9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b2a;
$custom-light: #d5b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70046,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B2A

secondary

#778ACB

accent

#67E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B2A

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

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