#BC9F44#BC9F44

#BC9F44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.115 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F44
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 0.19, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 50.15, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.003 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.115 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1822, 35.9069, 10.5980)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F44 #4461BC

analogous

#BC6344 #BC9F44 #9DBC44

triadic

#BC9F44 #44BC9F #9F44BC

tetradic

#BC9F44 #44BC63 #4461BC #BC449D

square

#BC9F44 #44BC63 #4461BC #BC449D

split-complementary

#BC9F44 #449DBC #6344BC

monochromatic

#625323 #8F7933 #BC9F44 #CCB671 #DCCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#BC9F44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F44

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F44	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)

#AF9D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.115 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7c',
    500: '#bc9f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f44;
$custom-light: #d3bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71091,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F44

secondary

#93A0C9

accent

#71D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F44

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

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