#BC9F47#BC9F47

#BC9F47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.112 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F47
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 0.39, 48.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 48.80, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.002 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.112 91)
XYZ	xyz(34.2761, 35.9444, 11.0926)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F47 #4764BC

analogous

#BC6447 #BC9F47 #9FBC47

triadic

#BC9F47 #47BC9F #9F47BC

tetradic

#BC9F47 #47BC64 #4764BC #BC479F

square

#BC9F47 #47BC64 #4764BC #BC479F

split-complementary

#BC9F47 #479FBC #6447BC

monochromatic

#645424 #917A35 #BC9F47 #CCB674 #DDCEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC9F47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F47

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F47	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#AF9D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.112 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7e',
    500: '#bc9f47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f47;
$custom-light: #d3bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.128,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71123,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.35943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F47

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#72D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F47

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

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