#BC9E42#BC9E42

#BC9E42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E42
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 0.60, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 50.76, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0021 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.116 91)
XYZ	xyz(33.9509, 35.5403, 10.2249)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E42 #4260BC

analogous

#BC6142 #BC9E42 #9DBC42

triadic

#BC9E42 #42BC9E #9E42BC

tetradic

#BC9E42 #42BC61 #4260BC #BC429D

square

#BC9E42 #42BC61 #4260BC #BC429D

split-complementary

#BC9E42 #429DBC #6142BC

monochromatic

#615222 #8F7832 #BC9E42 #CCB56F #DCCD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E42

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E42	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)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7a',
    500: '#bc9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e42;
$custom-light: #d3ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70863,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.35538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E42

secondary

#919FC9

accent

#71D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E42

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

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