#BC9F3C#BC9F3C

#BC9F3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F3C
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -0.30, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 53.64, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0054 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.121 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9545, 35.8158, 9.3988)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F3C #3C59BC

analogous

#BC5F3C #BC9F3C #99BC3C

triadic

#BC9F3C #3CBC9F #9F3CBC

tetradic

#BC9F3C #3CBC5F #3C59BC #BC3C99

square

#BC9F3C #3CBC5F #3C59BC #BC3C99

split-complementary

#BC9F3C #3C99BC #5F3CBC

monochromatic

#5F511E #8E782D #BC9F3C #CEB767 #DDCD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC9F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F3C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F3C	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)

#B09C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb77',
    500: '#bc9f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f3c;
$custom-light: #d4bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71014,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F3C

secondary

#8B99C9

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F3C

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

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