#BC9C2B#BC9C2B

#BC9C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.130 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C2B
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 0.49, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 59.48, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0051 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.13 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0654, 34.6447, 7.2305)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C2B #2B4BBC

analogous

#BC542B #BC9C2B #93BC2B

triadic

#BC9C2B #2BBC9C #9C2BBC

tetradic

#BC9C2B #2BBC54 #2B4BBC #BC2B93

square

#BC9C2B #2BBC54 #2B4BBC #BC2B93

split-complementary

#BC9C2B #2B93BC #542BBC

monochromatic

#584914 #8A7320 #BC9C2B #D6B84E #E2CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C2B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C2B	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)

#AE9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.130 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86d',
    500: '#bc9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c2b;
$custom-light: #d4b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7026,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C2B

secondary

#788ACB

accent

#66E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C2B

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

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