#BC9D40#BC9D40

#BC9D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D40
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, 1.01, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 51.37, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0011 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.117 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7231, 35.1774, 9.8632)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D40 #405FBC

analogous

#BC5F40 #BC9D40 #9DBC40

triadic

#BC9D40 #40BC9D #9D40BC

tetradic

#BC9D40 #40BC5F #405FBC #BC409D

square

#BC9D40 #40BC5F #405FBC #BC409D

split-complementary

#BC9D40 #409DBC #5F40BC

monochromatic

#615121 #8E7730 #BC9D40 #CDB56C #DDCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D40

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D40	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b979',
    500: '#bc9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d40;
$custom-light: #d4b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D40

secondary

#8F9EC9

accent

#71D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D40

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

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