#BC9D3E#BC9D3E

#BC9D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D3E
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 0.89, 52.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 52.24, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0017 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.118 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6672, 35.1550, 9.5688)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D3E #3E5DBC

analogous

#BC5E3E #BC9D3E #9CBC3E

triadic

#BC9D3E #3EBC9D #9D3EBC

tetradic

#BC9D3E #3EBC5E #3E5DBC #BC3E9C

square

#BC9D3E #3EBC5E #3E5DBC #BC3E9C

split-complementary

#BC9D3E #3E9CBC #5E3EBC

monochromatic

#605020 #8E772F #BC9D3E #CEB56A #DDCC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D3E

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D3E	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AE9B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b978',
    500: '#bc9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d3e;
$custom-light: #d4b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70617,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D3E

secondary

#8D9CC9

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D3E

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

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