#BC9543#BC9543

#BC9543 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9543
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 67)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 5.55, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 48.06, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0124 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.11 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5014, 32.5936, 9.8884)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9543 #436ABC

analogous

#BC5843 #BC9543 #A7BC43

triadic

#BC9543 #43BC95 #9543BC

tetradic

#BC9543 #43BC58 #436ABC #BC43A7

square

#BC9543 #43BC58 #436ABC #BC43A7

split-complementary

#BC9543 #43A7BC #5843BC

monochromatic

#624D23 #8F7133 #BC9543 #CCAE70 #DCC89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC9543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9543

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9543	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37a',
    500: '#bc9543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9543;
$custom-light: #d4b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.661,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69027,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9543

secondary

#92A4C9

accent

#7CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9543

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

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