#BC9C2C#BC9C2C

#BC9C2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.130 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C2C
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 0.53, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 59.13, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0048 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.13 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0840, 34.6522, 7.3283)
Luminance	0.3465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C2C #2C4CBC

analogous

#BC542C #BC9C2C #94BC2C

triadic

#BC9C2C #2CBC9C #9C2CBC

tetradic

#BC9C2C #2CBC54 #2C4CBC #BC2C94

square

#BC9C2C #2CBC54 #2C4CBC #BC2C94

split-complementary

#BC9C2C #2C94BC #542CBC

monochromatic

#594A15 #8A7320 #BC9C2C #D6B84F #E1CC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C2C

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C2C	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)

#AE9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.130 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86e',
    500: '#bc9c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c2c;
$custom-light: #d4b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C2C

secondary

#798BCA

accent

#67E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C2C

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

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