#BC9B2F#BC9B2F

#BC9B2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.127 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B2F
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 1.19, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 57.79, 88.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0026 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.127 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9753, 34.3413, 7.5805)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B2F #2F50BC

analogous

#BC542F #BC9B2F #96BC2F

triadic

#BC9B2F #2FBC9B #9B2FBC

tetradic

#BC9B2F #2FBC54 #2F50BC #BC2F96

square

#BC9B2F #2FBC54 #2F50BC #BC2F96

split-complementary

#BC9B2F #2F96BC #542FBC

monochromatic

#5A4A17 #8B7323 #BC9B2F #D4B654 #E0CB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B2F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B2F	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD991D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.127 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b86f',
    500: '#bc9b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b2f;
$custom-light: #d4b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70079,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B2F

secondary

#7D8FCA

accent

#6AE345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B2F

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

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