#BC9D2D#BC9D2D

#BC9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.130 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D2D
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 0.03, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 59.01, 89.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0062 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.13 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2715, 34.9968, 7.4847)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D2D #2D4CBC

analogous

#BC552D #BC9D2D #93BC2D

triadic

#BC9D2D #2DBC9D #9D2DBC

tetradic

#BC9D2D #2DBC55 #2D4CBC #BC2D93

square

#BC9D2D #2DBC55 #2D4CBC #BC2D93

split-complementary

#BC9D2D #2D93BC #552DBC

monochromatic

#594B15 #8B7421 #BC9D2D #D5B951 #E1CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D2D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D2D	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)

#AF9A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.130 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96e',
    500: '#bc9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d2d;
$custom-light: #d4b96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.12955,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D2D

secondary

#7B8CCA

accent

#66E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D2D

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

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