#BC9F37#BC9F37

#BC9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.125 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F37
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, -0.58, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 55.71, 90.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0068 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.125 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8285, 35.7654, 8.7353)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F37 #3754BC

analogous

#BC5C37 #BC9F37 #97BC37

triadic

#BC9F37 #37BC9F #9F37BC

tetradic

#BC9F37 #37BC5C #3754BC #BC3797

square

#BC9F37 #37BC5C #3754BC #BC3797

split-complementary

#BC9F37 #3797BC #5C37BC

monochromatic

#5D4F1B #8D7729 #BC9F37 #D0B860 #DECD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F37

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F37	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.125 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb74',
    500: '#bc9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f37;
$custom-light: #d4bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F37

secondary

#8694C9

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F37

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

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