#BC9D3F#BC9D3F

#BC9D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D3F
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 0.95, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 51.81, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0014 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.117 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6949, 35.1661, 9.7146)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D3F #3F5EBC

analogous

#BC5F3F #BC9D3F #9DBC3F

triadic

#BC9D3F #3FBC9D #9D3FBC

tetradic

#BC9D3F #3FBC5F #3F5EBC #BC3F9D

square

#BC9D3F #3FBC5F #3F5EBC #BC3F9D

split-complementary

#BC9D3F #3F9DBC #5F3FBC

monochromatic

#605020 #8E7730 #BC9D3F #CDB56B #DDCC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#BC9D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D3F

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D3F	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b978',
    500: '#bc9d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d3f;
$custom-light: #d4b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70626,
    "c": 0.11744,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D3F

secondary

#8E9DC9

accent

#71D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D3F

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

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