#BC9F24#BC9F24

#BC9F24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.135 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F24
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 36)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 80.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -1.39, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 62.51, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0111 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.135 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4575, 35.6170, 6.7812)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F24 #2441BC

analogous

#BC5324 #BC9F24 #8DBC24

triadic

#BC9F24 #24BC9F #9F24BC

tetradic

#BC9F24 #24BC53 #2441BC #BC248D

square

#BC9F24 #24BC53 #2441BC #BC248D

split-complementary

#BC9F24 #248DBC #5324BC

monochromatic

#554810 #89741A #BC9F24 #DBBE42 #E5D076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9F24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9F24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F24

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F24	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)

#B8A52D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.135 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6a',
    500: '#bc9f24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f24;
$custom-light: #d5bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.553,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70845,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F24

secondary

#7081CC

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F24

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

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