#BC9C2F#BC9C2F

#BC9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C2F
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 0.65, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 58.04, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0042 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.128 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1425, 34.6755, 7.6362)
Luminance	0.3467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C2F #2F4FBC

analogous

#BC552F #BC9C2F #95BC2F

triadic

#BC9C2F #2FBC9C #9C2FBC

tetradic

#BC9C2F #2FBC55 #2F4FBC #BC2F95

square

#BC9C2F #2FBC55 #2F4FBC #BC2F95

split-complementary

#BC9C2F #2F95BC #552FBC

monochromatic

#5A4B17 #8B7323 #BC9C2F #D4B754 #E0CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C2F

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C2F	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)

#AE9A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86f',
    500: '#bc9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c2f;
$custom-light: #d4b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C2F

secondary

#7D8ECA

accent

#69E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C2F

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

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