#BC9444#BC9444

#BC9444 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.109 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9444
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 6.16, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 47.39, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0143 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.109 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3741, 32.2906, 9.9953)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9444 #446CBC

analogous

#BC5844 #BC9444 #A8BC44

triadic

#BC9444 #44BC94 #9444BC

tetradic

#BC9444 #44BC58 #446CBC #BC44A8

square

#BC9444 #44BC58 #446CBC #BC44A8

split-complementary

#BC9444 #44A8BC #5844BC

monochromatic

#624D23 #8F7133 #BC9444 #CCAE71 #DCC89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BC9444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9444

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9444	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5943C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.109 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37b',
    500: '#bc9444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9444;
$custom-light: #d4b37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68835,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9444

secondary

#93A5C9

accent

#7ED751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9444

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

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