#BC9E2D#BC9E2D

#BC9E2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E2D
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -0.51, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 59.26, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0077 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.13 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4414, 35.3365, 7.5413)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E2D #2D4BBC

analogous

#BC572D #BC9E2D #92BC2D

triadic

#BC9E2D #2DBC9E #9E2DBC

tetradic

#BC9E2D #2DBC57 #2D4BBC #BC2D92

square

#BC9E2D #2DBC57 #2D4BBC #BC2D92

split-complementary

#BC9E2D #2D92BC #572DBC

monochromatic

#594B15 #8B7421 #BC9E2D #D5BA51 #E1CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E2D

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E2D	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)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba6e',
    500: '#bc9e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e2d;
$custom-light: #d4ba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70689,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E2D

secondary

#7B8BCA

accent

#65E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E2D

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

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