#BC9C2E#BC9C2E

#BC9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C2E
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.49, 0.61, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.49, 58.40, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0044 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.128 92)
XYZ	xyz(33.1225, 34.6676, 7.5311)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C2E #2E4EBC

analogous

#BC552E #BC9C2E #95BC2E

triadic

#BC9C2E #2EBC9C #9C2EBC

tetradic

#BC9C2E #2EBC55 #2E4EBC #BC2E95

square

#BC9C2E #2EBC55 #2E4EBC #BC2E95

split-complementary

#BC9C2E #2E95BC #552EBC

monochromatic

#5A4A16 #8B7322 #BC9C2E #D5B752 #E1CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C2E

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C2E	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)

#AE9A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86f',
    500: '#bc9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c2e;
$custom-light: #d4b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70279,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.34666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C2E

secondary

#7C8DCA

accent

#68E444

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C2E

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

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