#BC9A1F#BC9A1F

#BC9A1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.135 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A1F
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 1.15, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 62.83, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0043 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.135 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5439, 33.9036, 6.1260)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A1F #1F41BC

analogous

#BC4B1F #BC9A1F #90BC1F

triadic

#BC9A1F #1FBC9A #9A1FBC

tetradic

#BC9A1F #1FBC4B #1F41BC #BC1F90

square

#BC9A1F #1FBC4B #1F41BC #BC1F90

split-complementary

#BC9A1F #1F90BC #4B1FBC

monochromatic

#53440E #876F16 #BC9A1F #DEBB3A #E7CD6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC9A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A1F

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A1F	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.135 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b768',
    500: '#bc9a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a1f;
$custom-light: #d5b768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.006,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69779,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A1F

secondary

#697FCD

accent

#61EE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A1F

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

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