#BC951E#BC951E

#BC951E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.133 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC951E
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 3.83, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 62.12, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% 0.0033 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.133 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7229, 32.2822, 5.7883)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC951E #1E45BC

analogous

#BC461E #BC951E #94BC1E

triadic

#BC951E #1EBC95 #951EBC

tetradic

#BC951E #1EBC46 #1E45BC #BC1E94

square

#BC951E #1EBC46 #1E45BC #BC1E94

split-complementary

#BC951E #1E94BC #461EBC

monochromatic

#52410D #876B16 #BC951E #DFB638 #E8C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC951E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BC951E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC951E

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC951E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC951E	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc951e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.133 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b367',
    500: '#bc951e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc951e;
$custom-light: #d5b367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc951e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68745,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC951E

secondary

#6881CE

accent

#66EF39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC951E

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

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