#BC9D3C#BC9D3C

#BC9D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D3C
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 0.77, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 53.10, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0023 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.12 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6134, 35.1335, 9.2851)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D3C #3C5BBC

analogous

#BC5D3C #BC9D3C #9BBC3C

triadic

#BC9D3C #3CBC9D #9D3CBC

tetradic

#BC9D3C #3CBC5D #3C5BBC #BC3C9B

square

#BC9D3C #3CBC5D #3C5BBC #BC3C9B

split-complementary

#BC9D3C #3C9BBC #5D3CBC

monochromatic

#5F501E #8E762D #BC9D3C #CEB567 #DDCC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D3C

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D3C	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b977',
    500: '#bc9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d3c;
$custom-light: #d4b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70598,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D3C

secondary

#8B9AC9

accent

#6FDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D3C

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

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