#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
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 0.53, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 51.21, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0024 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.117 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9217, 35.5286, 10.0710)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##BC9E41	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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