#BC9E2F#BC9E2F

#BC9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.129 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E2F
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -0.42, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 58.54, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0072 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.129 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4808, 35.3523, 7.7490)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E2F #2F4DBC

analogous

#BC572F #BC9E2F #93BC2F

triadic

#BC9E2F #2FBC9E #9E2FBC

tetradic

#BC9E2F #2FBC57 #2F4DBC #BC2F93

square

#BC9E2F #2FBC57 #2F4DBC #BC2F93

split-complementary

#BC9E2F #2F93BC #572FBC

monochromatic

#5A4C17 #8B7523 #BC9E2F #D4B954 #E0CD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E2F

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E2F	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.129 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4ba70',
    500: '#bc9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e2f;
$custom-light: #d4ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E2F

secondary

#7D8DCA

accent

#66E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E2F

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

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