#BC9F38#BC9F38

#BC9F38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F38
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -0.52, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 55.31, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0065 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.124 93)
XYZ	xyz(33.8527, 35.7751, 8.8628)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F38 #3855BC

analogous

#BC5D38 #BC9F38 #97BC38

triadic

#BC9F38 #38BC9F #9F38BC

tetradic

#BC9F38 #38BC5D #3855BC #BC3897

square

#BC9F38 #38BC5D #3855BC #BC3897

split-complementary

#BC9F38 #3897BC #5D38BC

monochromatic

#5E4F1C #8D772A #BC9F38 #D0B861 #DECD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F38

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F38	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)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb75',
    500: '#bc9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f38;
$custom-light: #d4bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.35773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F38

secondary

#8795C9

accent

#6BDD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F38

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

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