#BC9F22#BC9F22

#BC9F22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.136 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F22
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -1.45, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 63.11, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0114 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.136 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4278, 35.6051, 6.6248)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F22 #223FBC

analogous

#BC5222 #BC9F22 #8CBC22

triadic

#BC9F22 #22BC9F #9F22BC

tetradic

#BC9F22 #22BC52 #223FBC #BC228C

square

#BC9F22 #22BC52 #223FBC #BC228C

split-complementary

#BC9F22 #228CBC #5222BC

monochromatic

#54470F #887319 #BC9F22 #DCBF3F #E6D073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9F22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F22

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F22	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: #bc9f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.136 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5ba6a',
    500: '#bc9f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f22;
$custom-light: #d5ba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70834,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F22

secondary

#6D7FCD

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F22

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

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