#BC9E1F#BC9E1F

#BC9E1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E1F
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -1.00, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 63.73, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0104 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.137 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2152, 35.2460, 6.3497)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E1F #1F3DBC

analogous

#BC4F1F #BC9E1F #8BBC1F

triadic

#BC9E1F #1FBC9E #9E1FBC

tetradic

#BC9E1F #1FBC4F #1F3DBC #BC1F8B

square

#BC9E1F #1FBC4F #1F3DBC #BC1F8B

split-complementary

#BC9E1F #1F8BBC #4F1FBC

monochromatic

#53460E #877216 #BC9E1F #DEBF3A #E7D06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E1F

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E1F	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba68',
    500: '#bc9e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e1f;
$custom-light: #d5ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70611,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E1F

secondary

#697DCD

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E1F

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

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