#BC9F31#BC9F31

#BC9F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F31
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -0.87, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 58.05, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0083 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.128 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6934, 35.7113, 8.0234)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F31 #314EBC

analogous

#BC5A31 #BC9F31 #94BC31

triadic

#BC9F31 #31BC9F #9F31BC

tetradic

#BC9F31 #31BC5A #314EBC #BC3194

square

#BC9F31 #31BC5A #314EBC #BC3194

split-complementary

#BC9F31 #3194BC #5A31BC

monochromatic

#5B4D18 #8B7624 #BC9F31 #D3B957 #E0CD88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F31

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F31	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb71',
    500: '#bc9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f31;
$custom-light: #d4bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70925,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F31

secondary

#7F8FCA

accent

#66E246

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F31

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

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