#BC9D2F#BC9D2F

#BC9D2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.128 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D2F
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 0.12, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 58.28, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.0057 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.128 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3110, 35.0125, 7.6923)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D2F #2F4EBC

analogous

#BC572F #BC9D2F #94BC2F

triadic

#BC9D2F #2FBC9D #9D2FBC

tetradic

#BC9D2F #2FBC57 #2F4EBC #BC2F94

square

#BC9D2F #2FBC57 #2F4EBC #BC2F94

split-complementary

#BC9D2F #2F94BC #572FBC

monochromatic

#5A4B17 #8B7423 #BC9D2F #D4B854 #E0CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D2F

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D2F	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.128 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b96f',
    500: '#bc9d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d2f;
$custom-light: #d4b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70494,
    "c": 0.12838,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D2F

secondary

#7D8ECA

accent

#67E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D2F

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

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