#BC9F30#BC9F30
#BC9F30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BC9F30 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(188, 159, 48) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 59%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 74%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 74.5%, 26.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.29, -0.92, 58.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.29, 58.43, 90.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.92% -0.0085 0.1287) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.92% 0.129 93.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(33.6725, 35.7030, 7.9135) |
| Luminance | 0.3570 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Ocher
#BF9B0C
ΔE00 2.92
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.46
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.66
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.01
Ocre
#C69C04
ΔE00 4.16
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BC9F30 #304DBC
analogous
#BC5930 #BC9F30 #93BC30
triadic
#BC9F30 #30BC9F #9F30BC
tetradic
#BC9F30 #30BC59 #304DBC #BC3093
square
#BC9F30 #30BC59 #304DBC #BC3093
split-complementary
#BC9F30 #3093BC #5930BC
monochromatic
#5A4D17 #8B7624 #BC9F30 #D4BA55 #E0CE86
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.58
#BC9F30 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.14
#BC9F30 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BC9F30
8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BC9F30 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BC9F30 | 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)
#B09C1D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A537
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB9289
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bc9f30; /* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 48); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 93.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d4bb70',
500: '#bc9f30',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bc9f30; $custom-light: #d4bb70; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bc9f30",
"rgb": {
"r": 188,
"g": 159,
"b": 48
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.571,
"s": 59.322,
"l": 46.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70918,
"c": 0.12902,
"h": 93.8
},
"luminance": 0.35701
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BC9F30
secondary
#7E8ECA
accent
#66E345
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151108
muted
#83807B