#BC9B2D#BC9B2D

#BC9B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B2D
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 1.11, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 58.53, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0031 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.128 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.9359, 34.3256, 7.3728)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B2D #2D4EBC

analogous

#BC542D #BC9B2D #95BC2D

triadic

#BC9B2D #2DBC9B #9B2DBC

tetradic

#BC9B2D #2DBC54 #2D4EBC #BC2D95

square

#BC9B2D #2DBC54 #2D4EBC #BC2D95

split-complementary

#BC9B2D #2D95BC #542DBC

monochromatic

#594A15 #8B7221 #BC9B2D #D5B751 #E1CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B2D

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B2D	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)

#AD9919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86e',
    500: '#bc9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b2d;
$custom-light: #d4b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70065,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B2D

secondary

#7B8DCA

accent

#69E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B2D

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

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