#BC9F32#BC9F32

#BC9F32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F32
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 50)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 73.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -0.82, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 57.67, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.008 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.128 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7147, 35.7199, 8.1358)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F32 #324FBC

analogous

#BC5A32 #BC9F32 #94BC32

triadic

#BC9F32 #32BC9F #9F32BC

tetradic

#BC9F32 #32BC5A #324FBC #BC3294

square

#BC9F32 #32BC5A #324FBC #BC3294

split-complementary

#BC9F32 #3294BC #5A32BC

monochromatic

#5B4D18 #8C7625 #BC9F32 #D3B958 #E0CD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F32

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F32	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)

#B09C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb71',
    500: '#bc9f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f32;
$custom-light: #d4bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70932,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F32

secondary

#8090C9

accent

#67E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F32

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

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