#BC981F#BC981F

#BC981F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC981F
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, 2.23, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 62.42, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% -0.0012 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.134 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2166, 33.2489, 6.0169)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC981F #1F43BC

analogous

#BC491F #BC981F #91BC1F

triadic

#BC981F #1FBC98 #981FBC

tetradic

#BC981F #1FBC49 #1F43BC #BC1F91

square

#BC981F #1FBC49 #1F43BC #BC1F91

split-complementary

#BC981F #1F91BC #491FBC

monochromatic

#53430E #876E16 #BC981F #DEB93A #E7CB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#BC981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC981F

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC981F	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b567',
    500: '#bc981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc981f;
$custom-light: #d5b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69366,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC981F

secondary

#6980CD

accent

#63EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC981F

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

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