#BC991F#BC991F

#BC991F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.134 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC991F
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 1.69, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 62.62, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0028 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.134 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3796, 33.5749, 6.0712)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC991F #1F42BC

analogous

#BC4A1F #BC991F #90BC1F

triadic

#BC991F #1FBC99 #991FBC

tetradic

#BC991F #1FBC4A #1F42BC #BC1F90

square

#BC991F #1FBC4A #1F42BC #BC1F90

split-complementary

#BC991F #1F90BC #4A1FBC

monochromatic

#53430E #876E16 #BC991F #DEBA3A #E7CC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC991F

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC991F	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.134 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b667',
    500: '#bc991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc991f;
$custom-light: #d5b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69572,
    "c": 0.13422,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC991F

secondary

#6980CD

accent

#62EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC991F

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

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