#BC9E2C#BC9E2C

#BC9E2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.131 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E2C
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 44)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -0.55, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 59.62, 90.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0079 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.131 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4224, 35.3289, 7.4411)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E2C #2C4ABC

analogous

#BC562C #BC9E2C #92BC2C

triadic

#BC9E2C #2CBC9E #9E2CBC

tetradic

#BC9E2C #2CBC56 #2C4ABC #BC2C92

square

#BC9E2C #2CBC56 #2C4ABC #BC2C92

split-complementary

#BC9E2C #2C92BC #562CBC

monochromatic

#594B15 #8A7420 #BC9E2C #D6BA4F #E1CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E2C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E2C	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.131 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba6e',
    500: '#bc9e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e2c;
$custom-light: #d4ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E2C

secondary

#798ACA

accent

#65E543

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E2C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →