#BC9F3D#BC9F3D

#BC9F3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F3D
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -0.25, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 53.22, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0051 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.12 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9812, 35.8265, 9.5393)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F3D #3D5ABC

analogous

#BC603D #BC9F3D #9ABC3D

triadic

#BC9F3D #3DBC9F #9F3DBC

tetradic

#BC9F3D #3DBC60 #3D5ABC #BC3D9A

square

#BC9F3D #3DBC60 #3D5ABC #BC3D9A

split-complementary

#BC9F3D #3D9ABC #603DBC

monochromatic

#60511F #8E782E #BC9F3D #CEB768 #DDCD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F3D

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F3D	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)

#B09D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb77',
    500: '#bc9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f3d;
$custom-light: #d4bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71023,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F3D

secondary

#8C9AC9

accent

#6EDA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F3D

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

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