#BC9C2D#BC9C2D

#BC9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.129 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C2D
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 0.57, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 58.77, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0046 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.129 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1030, 34.6598, 7.4285)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C2D #2D4DBC

analogous

#BC542D #BC9C2D #94BC2D

triadic

#BC9C2D #2DBC9C #9C2DBC

tetradic

#BC9C2D #2DBC54 #2D4DBC #BC2D94

square

#BC9C2D #2DBC54 #2D4DBC #BC2D94

split-complementary

#BC9C2D #2D94BC #542DBC

monochromatic

#594A15 #8B7321 #BC9C2D #D5B851 #E1CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C2D

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C2D	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)

#AE9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.129 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86e',
    500: '#bc9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c2d;
$custom-light: #d4b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70273,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C2D

secondary

#7B8CCA

accent

#67E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C2D

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

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