#BC9E40#BC9E40

#BC9E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E40
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, 0.47, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 51.65, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0027 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.117 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8930, 35.5172, 9.9198)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E40 #405EBC

analogous

#BC6040 #BC9E40 #9CBC40

triadic

#BC9E40 #40BC9E #9E40BC

tetradic

#BC9E40 #40BC60 #405EBC #BC409C

square

#BC9E40 #40BC60 #405EBC #BC409C

split-complementary

#BC9E40 #409CBC #6040BC

monochromatic

#615121 #8E7830 #BC9E40 #CDB66C #DDCC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#BC9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E40

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E40	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba79',
    500: '#bc9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e40;
$custom-light: #d4ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70843,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E40

secondary

#8F9DC9

accent

#70D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E40

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

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