#BC9D2B#BC9D2B

#BC9D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.131 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D2B
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -0.05, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 59.72, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0066 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.131 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2339, 34.9817, 7.2867)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D2B #2B4ABC

analogous

#BC542B #BC9D2B #93BC2B

triadic

#BC9D2B #2BBC9D #9D2BBC

tetradic

#BC9D2B #2BBC54 #2B4ABC #BC2B93

square

#BC9D2B #2BBC54 #2B4ABC #BC2B93

split-complementary

#BC9D2B #2B93BC #542BBC

monochromatic

#584A14 #8A7320 #BC9D2B #D6B94E #E2CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D2B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D2B	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.131 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96d',
    500: '#bc9d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d2b;
$custom-light: #d4b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70468,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D2B

secondary

#788ACB

accent

#65E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D2B

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

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