#BC9E2A#BC9E2A
#BC9E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.132 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BC9E2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 158, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 63%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 78%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 77.7%, 26.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.99, -0.63, 60.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.99, 60.31, 90.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.67% -0.0083 0.1316) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.67% 0.132 93.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.3857, 35.3142, 7.2479) |
| Luminance | 0.3531 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 2.34
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.04
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.19
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 3.48
Ocre
#C69C04
ΔE00 3.69
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BC9E2A #2A48BC
analogous
#BC552A #BC9E2A #91BC2A
triadic
#BC9E2A #2ABC9E #9E2ABC
tetradic
#BC9E2A #2ABC55 #2A48BC #BC2A91
square
#BC9E2A #2ABC55 #2A48BC #BC2A91
split-complementary
#BC9E2A #2A91BC #552ABC
monochromatic
#584A14 #8A741F #BC9E2A #D7BB4C #E2CE7E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.60
#BC9E2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.06
#BC9E2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BC9E2A
8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BC9E2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BC9E2A | 1.00 | 2.60 | 8.06 | 8.06 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.06 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09B12
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A431
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CC9188
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bc9e2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.132 93.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4ba6d',
500: '#bc9e2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bc9e2a; $custom-light: #d4ba6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bc9e2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 158,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.671,
"s": 63.478,
"l": 45.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7067,
"c": 0.13182,
"h": 93.6
},
"luminance": 0.35312
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BC9E2A
secondary
#7788CB
accent
#63E741
background
#FDFBF6
surface
#FBF6EC
border
#D4D0C7
text
#151108
muted
#83807B