#BC9F2A#BC9F2A

#BC9F2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F2A
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -1.17, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 60.57, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0099 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5570, 35.6568, 7.3050)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F2A #2A47BC

analogous

#BC562A #BC9F2A #90BC2A

triadic

#BC9F2A #2ABC9F #9F2ABC

tetradic

#BC9F2A #2ABC56 #2A47BC #BC2A90

square

#BC9F2A #2ABC56 #2A47BC #BC2A90

split-complementary

#BC9F2A #2A90BC #562ABC

monochromatic

#584A14 #8A751F #BC9F2A #D7BB4C #E2CE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F2A

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F2A	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6d',
    500: '#bc9f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f2a;
$custom-light: #d4bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F2A

secondary

#7788CB

accent

#62E741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F2A

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

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