#BC9F48#BC9F48

#BC9F48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F48
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 0.46, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 48.34, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0017 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.111 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3085, 35.9574, 11.2630)
Luminance	0.3596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F48 #4865BC

analogous

#BC6548 #BC9F48 #9FBC48

triadic

#BC9F48 #48BC9F #9F48BC

tetradic

#BC9F48 #48BC65 #4865BC #BC489F

square

#BC9F48 #48BC65 #4865BC #BC489F

split-complementary

#BC9F48 #489FBC #6548BC

monochromatic

#655525 #927A35 #BC9F48 #CCB775 #DDCEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC9F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F48

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F48	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)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7e',
    500: '#bc9f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f48;
$custom-light: #d3bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71134,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F48

secondary

#96A3CA

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F48

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

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