#BC9B2E#BC9B2E

#BC9B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.128 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B2E
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 1.15, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 58.16, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0028 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.128 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9554, 34.3333, 7.4754)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B2E #2E4FBC

analogous

#BC542E #BC9B2E #96BC2E

triadic

#BC9B2E #2EBC9B #9B2EBC

tetradic

#BC9B2E #2EBC54 #2E4FBC #BC2E96

square

#BC9B2E #2EBC54 #2E4FBC #BC2E96

split-complementary

#BC9B2E #2E96BC #542EBC

monochromatic

#5A4A16 #8B7222 #BC9B2E #D5B652 #E1CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B2E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B2E	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.128 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86f',
    500: '#bc9b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b2e;
$custom-light: #d4b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70072,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B2E

secondary

#7C8ECA

accent

#69E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B2E

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

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