#BC9F2F#BC9F2F

#BC9F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.130 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F2F
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 75%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -0.96, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 58.80, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0088 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.13 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6521, 35.6948, 7.8060)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F2F #2F4CBC

analogous

#BC592F #BC9F2F #92BC2F

triadic

#BC9F2F #2FBC9F #9F2FBC

tetradic

#BC9F2F #2FBC59 #2F4CBC #BC2F92

square

#BC9F2F #2FBC59 #2F4CBC #BC2F92

split-complementary

#BC9F2F #2F92BC #592FBC

monochromatic

#5A4C17 #8B7623 #BC9F2F #D4BA54 #E0CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F2F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F2F	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)

#B09C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.130 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb70',
    500: '#bc9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f2f;
$custom-light: #d4bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F2F

secondary

#7D8DCA

accent

#65E345

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F2F

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

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