#BC9C3A#BC9C3A

#BC9C3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C3A
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 1.20, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 53.68, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0013 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3930, 34.7758, 8.9557)
Luminance	0.3477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C3A #3A5ABC

analogous

#BC5B3A #BC9C3A #9BBC3A

triadic

#BC9C3A #3ABC9C #9C3ABC

tetradic

#BC9C3A #3ABC5B #3A5ABC #BC3A9B

square

#BC9C3A #3ABC5B #3A5ABC #BC3A9B

split-complementary

#BC9C3A #3A9BBC #5B3ABC

monochromatic

#5E4E1D #8D752C #BC9C3A #CFB564 #DECB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC9C3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C3A

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C3A	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b875',
    500: '#bc9c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c3a;
$custom-light: #d4b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70373,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C3A

secondary

#8999C9

accent

#6FDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C3A

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

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