#BC9F40#BC9F40

#BC9F40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F40
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -0.07, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 51.92, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0042 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.118 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0643, 35.8597, 9.9769)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F40 #405DBC

analogous

#BC6140 #BC9F40 #9BBC40

triadic

#BC9F40 #40BC9F #9F40BC

tetradic

#BC9F40 #40BC61 #405DBC #BC409B

square

#BC9F40 #40BC61 #405DBC #BC409B

split-complementary

#BC9F40 #409BBC #6140BC

monochromatic

#615221 #8E7830 #BC9F40 #CDB66C #DDCD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F40

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F40	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)

#AF9D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb79',
    500: '#bc9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f40;
$custom-light: #d3bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71051,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F40

secondary

#8F9DC9

accent

#6FD94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F40

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

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