#BC971F#BC971F

#BC971F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.133 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC971F
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, 2.77, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 62.22, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0003 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.133 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0550, 32.9257, 5.9630)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC971F #1F44BC

analogous

#BC491F #BC971F #92BC1F

triadic

#BC971F #1FBC97 #971FBC

tetradic

#BC971F #1FBC49 #1F44BC #BC1F92

square

#BC971F #1FBC49 #1F44BC #BC1F92

split-complementary

#BC971F #1F92BC #491FBC

monochromatic

#53430E #876D16 #BC971F #DEB83A #E7CB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC971F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BC971F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC971F

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC971F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC971F	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc971f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.133 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b567',
    500: '#bc971f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc971f;
$custom-light: #d5b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc971f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6916,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC971F

secondary

#6981CD

accent

#64EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC971F

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

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