#BC9E41#BC9E41

#BC9E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.117 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9E41
RGBrgb(188, 158, 65)
HSLhsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(45, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.16, 0.53, 51.20)
CIE-LCHlch(66.16, 51.21, 89.40°)
OKLaboklab(70.85% -0.0024 0.1165)
OKLCHoklch(70.85% 0.117 91.2)
XYZxyz(33.9217, 35.5286, 10.0710)
Luminance0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9E41 #415FBC
analogous
#BC6141 #BC9E41 #9DBC41
triadic
#BC9E41 #41BC9E #9E41BC
tetradic
#BC9E41 #41BC61 #415FBC #BC419D
square
#BC9E41 #41BC61 #415FBC #BC419D
split-complementary
#BC9E41 #419DBC #6141BC
monochromatic
#615222 #8F7831 #BC9E41 #CDB56E #DCCC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#BC9E41 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11
#BC9E41 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E41
8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9E41#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC9E411.002.598.118.11
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1121.001.001.00
##0000008.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9C36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A445
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB928A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.117 91.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7a',
    500: '#bc9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9e41;
$custom-light: #d3ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.1165,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9E41
secondary
#909EC9
accent
#71D850
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E41

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#BC9E41 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva