#BC9B2B#BC9B2B

#BC9B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B2B
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 1.02, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 59.24, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0035 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.13 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8983, 34.3105, 7.1748)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B2B #2B4CBC

analogous

#BC522B #BC9B2B #94BC2B

triadic

#BC9B2B #2BBC9B #9B2BBC

tetradic

#BC9B2B #2BBC52 #2B4CBC #BC2B94

square

#BC9B2B #2BBC52 #2B4CBC #BC2B94

split-complementary

#BC9B2B #2B94BC #522BBC

monochromatic

#584914 #8A7220 #BC9B2B #D6B74E #E2CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B2B

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B2B	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)

#AD9915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86d',
    500: '#bc9b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b2b;
$custom-light: #d4b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70052,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B2B

secondary

#788BCB

accent

#67E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B2B

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

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