#BC9F42#BC9F42

#BC9F42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F42
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 0.06, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 51.05, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0036 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.116 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1222, 35.8829, 10.2820)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F42 #425FBC

analogous

#BC6242 #BC9F42 #9CBC42

triadic

#BC9F42 #42BC9F #9F42BC

tetradic

#BC9F42 #42BC62 #425FBC #BC429C

square

#BC9F42 #42BC62 #425FBC #BC429C

split-complementary

#BC9F42 #429CBC #6242BC

monochromatic

#615222 #8F7932 #BC9F42 #CCB66F #DCCD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BC9F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F42

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F42	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7a',
    500: '#bc9f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f42;
$custom-light: #d3bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71071,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F42

secondary

#919EC9

accent

#70D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F42

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

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