#BC9D2C#BC9D2C

#BC9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.130 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D2C
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -0.01, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 59.37, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0064 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.13 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2525, 34.9891, 7.3845)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D2C #2C4BBC

analogous

#BC552C #BC9D2C #93BC2C

triadic

#BC9D2C #2CBC9D #9D2CBC

tetradic

#BC9D2C #2CBC55 #2C4BBC #BC2C93

square

#BC9D2C #2CBC55 #2C4BBC #BC2C93

split-complementary

#BC9D2C #2C93BC #552CBC

monochromatic

#594A15 #8A7420 #BC9D2C #D6B94F #E1CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D2C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D2C	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)

#AF9A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.130 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96e',
    500: '#bc9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d2c;
$custom-light: #d4b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.083,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D2C

secondary

#798BCA

accent

#66E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D2C

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

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