#BC9F46#BC9F46

#BC9F46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.113 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F46
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 0.32, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 49.25, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.11% -0.0024 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.11% 0.113 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2443, 35.9317, 10.9249)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F46 #4663BC

analogous

#BC6446 #BC9F46 #9EBC46

triadic

#BC9F46 #46BC9F #9F46BC

tetradic

#BC9F46 #46BC64 #4663BC #BC469E

square

#BC9F46 #46BC64 #4663BC #BC469E

split-complementary

#BC9F46 #469EBC #6446BC

monochromatic

#645424 #907A34 #BC9F46 #CCB673 #DDCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC9F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F46

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F46	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.113 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7d',
    500: '#bc9f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f46;
$custom-light: #d3bb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71112,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F46

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#72D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F46

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →