#BC9C3C#BC9C3C

#BC9C3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C3C
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 1.31, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 52.83, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0007 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.119 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4449, 34.7965, 9.2289)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C3C #3C5CBC

analogous

#BC5C3C #BC9C3C #9CBC3C

triadic

#BC9C3C #3CBC9C #9C3CBC

tetradic

#BC9C3C #3CBC5C #3C5CBC #BC3C9C

square

#BC9C3C #3CBC5C #3C5CBC #BC3C9C

split-complementary

#BC9C3C #3C9CBC #5C3CBC

monochromatic

#5F4F1E #8E762D #BC9C3C #CEB567 #DDCB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC9C3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C3C

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C3C	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)

#AD9A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b877',
    500: '#bc9c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c3c;
$custom-light: #d4b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70391,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C3C

secondary

#8B9BC9

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C3C

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

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