#BC9B2C#BC9B2C

#BC9B2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.129 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B2C
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, 1.07, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 58.89, 88.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0033 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.129 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9169, 34.3179, 7.2726)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B2C #2C4DBC

analogous

#BC532C #BC9B2C #95BC2C

triadic

#BC9B2C #2CBC9B #9B2CBC

tetradic

#BC9B2C #2CBC53 #2C4DBC #BC2C95

square

#BC9B2C #2CBC53 #2C4DBC #BC2C95

split-complementary

#BC9B2C #2C95BC #532CBC

monochromatic

#594915 #8A7220 #BC9B2C #D6B74F #E1CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B2C

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B2C	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)

#AD9917

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.129 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86e',
    500: '#bc9b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b2c;
$custom-light: #d4b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70059,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B2C

secondary

#798CCA

accent

#68E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B2C

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

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