#BC9F3F#BC9F3F

#BC9F3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F3F
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -0.13, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 52.36, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0045 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.119 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0361, 35.8484, 9.8283)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F3F #3F5CBC

analogous

#BC613F #BC9F3F #9BBC3F

triadic

#BC9F3F #3FBC9F #9F3FBC

tetradic

#BC9F3F #3FBC61 #3F5CBC #BC3F9B

square

#BC9F3F #3FBC61 #3F5CBC #BC3F9B

split-complementary

#BC9F3F #3F9BBC #613FBC

monochromatic

#605120 #8E7830 #BC9F3F #CDB76B #DDCD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC9F3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F3F

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F3F	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)

#AF9D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4bb79',
    500: '#bc9f3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f3f;
$custom-light: #d4bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F3F

secondary

#8E9CC9

accent

#6FD94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F3F

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

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