#BC9F1F#BC9F1F

#BC9F1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F1F
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 83.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -1.54, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 63.96, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0119 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.138 95)
XYZ	xyz(33.3864, 35.5885, 6.4068)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F1F #1F3CBC

analogous

#BC501F #BC9F1F #8ABC1F

triadic

#BC9F1F #1FBC9F #9F1FBC

tetradic

#BC9F1F #1FBC50 #1F3CBC #BC1F8A

square

#BC9F1F #1FBC50 #1F3CBC #BC1F8A

split-complementary

#BC9F1F #1F8ABC #501FBC

monochromatic

#53460E #877316 #BC9F1F #DEC03A #E7D16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9F1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9F1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F1F

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F1F	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba68',
    500: '#bc9f1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f1f;
$custom-light: #d5ba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.917,
    "s": 71.689,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.35587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F1F

secondary

#697CCD

accent

#5BEE39

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F1F

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

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