#BC9F36#BC9F36

#BC9F36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F36
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -0.63, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 56.11, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.007 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.125 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8048, 35.7559, 8.6103)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F36 #3653BC

analogous

#BC5C36 #BC9F36 #96BC36

triadic

#BC9F36 #36BC9F #9F36BC

tetradic

#BC9F36 #36BC5C #3653BC #BC3696

square

#BC9F36 #36BC5C #3653BC #BC3696

split-complementary

#BC9F36 #3696BC #5C36BC

monochromatic

#5D4F1B #8C7728 #BC9F36 #D1B85E #DFCD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F36

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F36	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)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb73',
    500: '#bc9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f36;
$custom-light: #d4bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.12519,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F36

secondary

#8594C9

accent

#69DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F36

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

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