#BC9544#BC9544

#BC9544 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.109 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9544
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 68)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 5.61, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 47.61, 83.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% 0.0127 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.109 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5316, 32.6057, 10.0478)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9544 #446BBC

analogous

#BC5944 #BC9544 #A7BC44

triadic

#BC9544 #44BC95 #9544BC

tetradic

#BC9544 #44BC59 #446BBC #BC44A7

square

#BC9544 #44BC59 #446BBC #BC44A7

split-complementary

#BC9544 #44A7BC #5944BC

monochromatic

#624E23 #8F7233 #BC9544 #CCAF71 #DCC89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC9544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9544

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9544	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)

#A6953B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.109 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b37b',
    500: '#bc9544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9544;
$custom-light: #d4b37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69038,
    "c": 0.10931,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9544

secondary

#93A5C9

accent

#7CD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9544

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

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