#BC9F33#BC9F33

#BC9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F33
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 72.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -0.78, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 57.29, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0078 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.127 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7365, 35.7286, 8.2507)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F33 #3350BC

analogous

#BC5A33 #BC9F33 #95BC33

triadic

#BC9F33 #33BC9F #9F33BC

tetradic

#BC9F33 #33BC5A #3350BC #BC3395

square

#BC9F33 #33BC5A #3350BC #BC3395

split-complementary

#BC9F33 #3395BC #5A33BC

monochromatic

#5C4E19 #8C7626 #BC9F33 #D2B95A #DFCD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F33

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F33	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb72',
    500: '#bc9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f33;
$custom-light: #d4bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7094,
    "c": 0.12716,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F33

secondary

#8191C9

accent

#68E147

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F33

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

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