#BC9F2B#BC9F2B

#BC9F2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.132 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F2B
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -1.13, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 60.22, 91.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0097 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.132 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5751, 35.6640, 7.4004)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F2B #2B48BC

analogous

#BC562B #BC9F2B #90BC2B

triadic

#BC9F2B #2BBC9F #9F2BBC

tetradic

#BC9F2B #2BBC56 #2B48BC #BC2B90

square

#BC9F2B #2BBC56 #2B48BC #BC2B90

split-complementary

#BC9F2B #2B90BC #562BBC

monochromatic

#584B14 #8A7520 #BC9F2B #D6BB4E #E2CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F2B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F2B	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)

#B09C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.132 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6e',
    500: '#bc9f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f2b;
$custom-light: #d4bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70885,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F2B

secondary

#7889CB

accent

#63E642

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F2B

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

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