#BC9440#BC9440

#BC9440 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9440
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, 5.90, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 49.19, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0131 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.112 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2562, 32.2435, 9.3742)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9440 #4068BC

analogous

#BC5640 #BC9440 #A6BC40

triadic

#BC9440 #40BC94 #9440BC

tetradic

#BC9440 #40BC56 #4068BC #BC40A6

square

#BC9440 #40BC56 #4068BC #BC40A6

split-complementary

#BC9440 #40A6BC #5640BC

monochromatic

#614C21 #8E7030 #BC9440 #CDAE6C #DDC79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BC9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9440

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9440	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b378',
    500: '#bc9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9440;
$custom-light: #d4b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68792,
    "c": 0.11204,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9440

secondary

#8FA2C9

accent

#7BD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9440

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

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