#BC9F35#BC9F35

#BC9F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F35
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -0.68, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 56.51, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0073 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.126 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7816, 35.7466, 8.4879)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F35 #3552BC

analogous

#BC5B35 #BC9F35 #96BC35

triadic

#BC9F35 #35BC9F #9F35BC

tetradic

#BC9F35 #35BC5B #3552BC #BC3596

square

#BC9F35 #35BC5B #3552BC #BC3596

split-complementary

#BC9F35 #3596BC #5B35BC

monochromatic

#5D4E1A #8C7728 #BC9F35 #D1B85D #DFCD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F35

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F35	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)

#B09C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb73',
    500: '#bc9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f35;
$custom-light: #d4bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F35

secondary

#8493C9

accent

#69DF48

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F35

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

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