All About Color #BC990B

#BC990B

About #BC990B

#BC990B is a dark yellow color with the hex code #BC990B. In RGB it is red 188, green 153, blue 11; in HSL it is hue 48°, saturation 89%, lightness 39%; in CMYK it is 0%, 19%, 94%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 2.73:1 on white and 7.70:1 on black.

#BC990B Color Conversion

Hex tripletBC, 99, 0B
CMYK0.00%, 18.62%, 94.15%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal188, 153, 11
HSL48°, 89%, 39%
RGB Octal274, 231, 13
HSV (HSB)48.14°, 94.15%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10111100, 10011001, 1011
CIE-L*AB64.56, 1.27, 66.87
RGB Percent73.73%, 60.00%, 4.31%
CIE-L*CH64.56, 66.89, 88.91
XYZ32.19, 33.50, 5.09
CIE-L*UV64.56, 30.48, 67.07
xyY0.45, 0.47, 33.50
Hunter-Lab57.88, -2.01, 35.30
RYB21.42%, 73.73%, 4.31%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BC990B on a dark background: contrast 7.70:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BC990B on a light background: contrast 2.73:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BC990B, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#BC990B · #F3CC30 · #655206 · #0B2EBC · #3057F3

Analogous palette

#BC0B2E · #BC400B · #BC990B · #87BC0B · #2EBC0B

Triadic palette

#BC990B · #0BBC99 · #990BBC · #F3CC30 · #30F3CC

Tetradic palette

#BC990B · #0BBC40 · #0B2EBC · #BC0B87 · #655206

Monochromatic palette

#2B2303 · #745E07 · #BC990B · #F2C821 · #F6DA6A

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