#BC9F39#BC9F39

#BC9F39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.123 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F39
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 69.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -0.47, 54.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 54.90, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0062 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.123 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8774, 35.7850, 8.9929)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F39 #3956BC

analogous

#BC5E39 #BC9F39 #97BC39

triadic

#BC9F39 #39BC9F #9F39BC

tetradic

#BC9F39 #39BC5E #3956BC #BC3997

square

#BC9F39 #39BC5E #3956BC #BC3997

split-complementary

#BC9F39 #3997BC #5E39BC

monochromatic

#5E501D #8D772B #BC9F39 #D0B763 #DECD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC9F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F39

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F39	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.123 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb75',
    500: '#bc9f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f39;
$custom-light: #d4bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70988,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F39

secondary

#8896C9

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F39

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

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