#BC9F34#BC9F34

#BC9F34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F34
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 72.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -0.73, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 56.90, 90.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0075 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7588, 35.7375, 8.3680)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F34 #3451BC

analogous

#BC5B34 #BC9F34 #95BC34

triadic

#BC9F34 #34BC9F #9F34BC

tetradic

#BC9F34 #34BC5B #3451BC #BC3495

square

#BC9F34 #34BC5B #3451BC #BC3495

split-complementary

#BC9F34 #3495BC #5B34BC

monochromatic

#5C4E19 #8C7627 #BC9F34 #D2B95B #DFCD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F34

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F34	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)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb72',
    500: '#bc9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f34;
$custom-light: #d4bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F34

secondary

#8392C9

accent

#68E048

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F34

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

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