#BC9C1F#BC9C1F

#BC9C1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.136 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C1F
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 31)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 0.07, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 63.27, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0073 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.136 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8768, 34.5693, 6.2369)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C1F #1F3FBC

analogous

#BC4E1F #BC9C1F #8DBC1F

triadic

#BC9C1F #1FBC9C #9C1FBC

tetradic

#BC9C1F #1FBC4E #1F3FBC #BC1F8D

square

#BC9C1F #1FBC4E #1F3FBC #BC1F8D

split-complementary

#BC9C1F #1F8DBC #4E1FBC

monochromatic

#53450E #877016 #BC9C1F #DEBD3A #E7CE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC9C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C1F

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C1F	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.136 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b868',
    500: '#bc9c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c1f;
$custom-light: #d5b868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70194,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C1F

secondary

#697ECD

accent

#5EEE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C1F

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

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