#BC9E2E#BC9E2E

#BC9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.130 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E2E
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -0.47, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 58.90, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0075 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.13 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4609, 35.3443, 7.6439)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E2E #2E4CBC

analogous

#BC572E #BC9E2E #93BC2E

triadic

#BC9E2E #2EBC9E #9E2EBC

tetradic

#BC9E2E #2EBC57 #2E4CBC #BC2E93

square

#BC9E2E #2EBC57 #2E4CBC #BC2E93

split-complementary

#BC9E2E #2E93BC #572EBC

monochromatic

#5A4B16 #8B7522 #BC9E2E #D5B952 #E1CD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E2E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E2E	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)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.130 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba6f',
    500: '#bc9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e2e;
$custom-light: #d4ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70695,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E2E

secondary

#7C8CCA

accent

#66E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E2E

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

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