#BC9F2D#BC9F2D

#BC9F2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.131 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F2D
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 76.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -1.05, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 59.52, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0092 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.131 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.6127, 35.6790, 7.5984)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F2D #2D4ABC

analogous

#BC572D #BC9F2D #91BC2D

triadic

#BC9F2D #2DBC9F #9F2DBC

tetradic

#BC9F2D #2DBC57 #2D4ABC #BC2D91

square

#BC9F2D #2DBC57 #2D4ABC #BC2D91

split-complementary

#BC9F2D #2D91BC #572DBC

monochromatic

#594B15 #8B7521 #BC9F2D #D5BA51 #E1CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F2D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F2D	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.131 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6f',
    500: '#bc9f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f2d;
$custom-light: #d4bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 61.373,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70897,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F2D

secondary

#7B8BCA

accent

#64E443

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FBF6EC

border

#D4D0C7

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F2D

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

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