#BC9C3B#BC9C3B

#BC9C3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.120 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C3B
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, 1.26, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 53.26, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.001 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.12 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4187, 34.7860, 9.0910)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C3B #3B5BBC

analogous

#BC5B3B #BC9C3B #9BBC3B

triadic

#BC9C3B #3BBC9C #9C3BBC

tetradic

#BC9C3B #3BBC5B #3B5BBC #BC3B9B

square

#BC9C3B #3BBC5B #3B5BBC #BC3B9B

split-complementary

#BC9C3B #3B9BBC #5B3BBC

monochromatic

#5F4F1E #8D752C #BC9C3B #CFB565 #DDCB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C3B

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C3B	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.120 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b876',
    500: '#bc9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c3b;
$custom-light: #d4b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70382,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C3B

secondary

#8A9AC9

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C3B

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

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