#BC9E2B#BC9E2B

#BC9E2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E2B
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -0.59, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 59.97, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0081 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.131 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4038, 35.3215, 7.3433)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E2B #2B49BC

analogous

#BC552B #BC9E2B #92BC2B

triadic

#BC9E2B #2BBC9E #9E2BBC

tetradic

#BC9E2B #2BBC55 #2B49BC #BC2B92

square

#BC9E2B #2BBC55 #2B49BC #BC2B92

split-complementary

#BC9E2B #2B92BC #552BBC

monochromatic

#584A14 #8A7420 #BC9E2B #D6BA4E #E2CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC9E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E2B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E2B	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)

#B09B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba6d',
    500: '#bc9e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e2b;
$custom-light: #d4ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70676,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E2B

secondary

#7889CB

accent

#64E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E2B

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

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