#BC9F25#BC9F25

#BC9F25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.135 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F25
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 37)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 80.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -1.35, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 62.20, 91.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0109 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.135 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4730, 35.6232, 6.8628)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F25 #2542BC

analogous

#BC5425 #BC9F25 #8EBC25

triadic

#BC9F25 #25BC9F #9F25BC

tetradic

#BC9F25 #25BC54 #2542BC #BC258E

square

#BC9F25 #25BC54 #2542BC #BC258E

split-complementary

#BC9F25 #258EBC #5425BC

monochromatic

#564911 #89741B #BC9F25 #DABD44 #E4CF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9F25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F25

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F25	1.00	2.58	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.58	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)

#B19C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.135 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bb6b',
    500: '#bc9f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f25;
$custom-light: #d5bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 67.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7085,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F25

secondary

#7182CC

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F25

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

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