#BC9D2E#BC9D2E

#BC9D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.129 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D2E
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 0.07, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 58.65, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0059 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.129 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2910, 35.0046, 7.5873)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D2E #2E4DBC

analogous

#BC562E #BC9D2E #94BC2E

triadic

#BC9D2E #2EBC9D #9D2EBC

tetradic

#BC9D2E #2EBC56 #2E4DBC #BC2E94

square

#BC9D2E #2EBC56 #2E4DBC #BC2E94

split-complementary

#BC9D2E #2E94BC #562EBC

monochromatic

#5A4B16 #8B7422 #BC9D2E #D5B852 #E1CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D2E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D2E	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.129 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96f',
    500: '#bc9d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d2e;
$custom-light: #d4b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70487,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D2E

secondary

#7C8DCA

accent

#67E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D2E

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

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