#BC9F2E#BC9F2E

#BC9F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F2E
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, -1.00, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 59.16, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.009 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(33.6322, 35.6868, 7.7010)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F2E #2E4BBC

analogous

#BC582E #BC9F2E #92BC2E

triadic

#BC9F2E #2EBC9F #9F2EBC

tetradic

#BC9F2E #2EBC58 #2E4BBC #BC2E92

square

#BC9F2E #2EBC58 #2E4BBC #BC2E92

split-complementary

#BC9F2E #2E92BC #582EBC

monochromatic

#5A4C16 #8B7522 #BC9F2E #D5BA52 #E1CE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F2E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F2E	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)

#B09C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb6f',
    500: '#bc9f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f2e;
$custom-light: #d4bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70904,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.35685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F2E

secondary

#7C8CCA

accent

#65E444

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F2E

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

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