#BC9F41#BC9F41

#BC9F41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.117 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F41
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -0.01, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 51.49, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0039 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.117 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0930, 35.8712, 10.1281)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F41 #415EBC

analogous

#BC6241 #BC9F41 #9CBC41

triadic

#BC9F41 #41BC9F #9F41BC

tetradic

#BC9F41 #41BC62 #415EBC #BC419C

square

#BC9F41 #41BC62 #415EBC #BC419C

split-complementary

#BC9F41 #419CBC #6241BC

monochromatic

#615222 #8F7931 #BC9F41 #CDB66E #DCCD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC9F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F41

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F41	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)

#AF9D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.117 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7a',
    500: '#bc9f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f41;
$custom-light: #d3bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71061,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F41

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F41

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

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