#BC9D3D#BC9D3D

#BC9D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D3D
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, 0.83, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 52.67, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.002 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.119 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.6401, 35.1442, 9.4256)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D3D #3D5CBC

analogous

#BC5E3D #BC9D3D #9CBC3D

triadic

#BC9D3D #3DBC9D #9D3DBC

tetradic

#BC9D3D #3DBC5E #3D5CBC #BC3D9C

square

#BC9D3D #3DBC5E #3D5CBC #BC3D9C

split-complementary

#BC9D3D #3D9CBC #5E3DBC

monochromatic

#60501F #8E762E #BC9D3D #CEB568 #DDCC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D3D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D3D	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)

#AE9B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b977',
    500: '#bc9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d3d;
$custom-light: #d4b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70608,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.35142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D3D

secondary

#8C9BC9

accent

#70DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D3D

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

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