#BC9541#BC9541

#BC9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.112 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9541
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(41, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 5.42, 48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 48.96, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0118 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.112 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4424, 32.5700, 9.5779)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9541 #4168BC

analogous

#BC5841 #BC9541 #A6BC41

triadic

#BC9541 #41BC95 #9541BC

tetradic

#BC9541 #41BC58 #4168BC #BC41A6

square

#BC9541 #41BC58 #4168BC #BC41A6

split-complementary

#BC9541 #41A6BC #5841BC

monochromatic

#614D22 #8F7131 #BC9541 #CDAF6E #DCC89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BC9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9541

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9541	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.112 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b379',
    500: '#bc9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9541;
$custom-light: #d4b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69005,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9541

secondary

#90A2C9

accent

#7BD850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9541

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

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