#BC9F3E#BC9F3E

#BC9F3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F3E
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -0.19, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 52.79, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0048 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.119 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0084, 35.8373, 9.6825)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F3E #3E5BBC

analogous

#BC603E #BC9F3E #9ABC3E

triadic

#BC9F3E #3EBC9F #9F3EBC

tetradic

#BC9F3E #3EBC60 #3E5BBC #BC3E9A

square

#BC9F3E #3EBC60 #3E5BBC #BC3E9A

split-complementary

#BC9F3E #3E9ABC #603EBC

monochromatic

#605120 #8E782F #BC9F3E #CEB76A #DDCD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC9F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F3E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F3E	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb78',
    500: '#bc9f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f3e;
$custom-light: #d4bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71032,
    "c": 0.11947,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F3E

secondary

#8D9BC9

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F3E

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

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