#BC9F21#BC9F21

#BC9F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.137 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F21
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 82.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -1.48, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 63.40, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0116 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.137 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4136, 35.5994, 6.5500)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F21 #213EBC

analogous

#BC5121 #BC9F21 #8BBC21

triadic

#BC9F21 #21BC9F #9F21BC

tetradic

#BC9F21 #21BC51 #213EBC #BC218B

square

#BC9F21 #21BC51 #213EBC #BC218B

split-complementary

#BC9F21 #218BBC #5121BC

monochromatic

#54470F #887318 #BC9F21 #DDBF3D #E6D071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F21

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F21	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)

#B8A52B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.137 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba69',
    500: '#bc9f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f21;
$custom-light: #d5ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7083,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F21

secondary

#6C7ECD

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EB

border

#D4D0C6

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F21

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

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