#BC9D3A#BC9D3A

#BC9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.121 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D3A
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 0.66, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 53.94, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.0029 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.121 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5615, 35.1127, 9.0119)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D3A #3A59BC

analogous

#BC5C3A #BC9D3A #9ABC3A

triadic

#BC9D3A #3ABC9D #9D3ABC

tetradic

#BC9D3A #3ABC5C #3A59BC #BC3A9A

square

#BC9D3A #3ABC5C #3A59BC #BC3A9A

split-complementary

#BC9D3A #3A9ABC #5C3ABC

monochromatic

#5E4F1D #8D762C #BC9D3A #CFB664 #DECC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#BC9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D3A

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D3A	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.121 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b975',
    500: '#bc9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d3a;
$custom-light: #d4b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70581,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D3A

secondary

#8998C9

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D3A

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

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