#BC9C2A#BC9C2A

#BC9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.131 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C2A
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 0.45, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 59.83, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0053 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.131 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0473, 34.6375, 7.1351)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C2A #2A4ABC

analogous

#BC532A #BC9C2A #93BC2A

triadic

#BC9C2A #2ABC9C #9C2ABC

tetradic

#BC9C2A #2ABC53 #2A4ABC #BC2A93

square

#BC9C2A #2ABC53 #2A4ABC #BC2A93

split-complementary

#BC9C2A #2A93BC #532ABC

monochromatic

#584914 #8A721F #BC9C2A #D7B94C #E2CC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C2A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C2A	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.131 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86d',
    500: '#bc9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c2a;
$custom-light: #d4b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C2A

secondary

#7789CB

accent

#66E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C2A

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

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