#BC9640#BC9640

#BC9640 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9640
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 4.81, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 49.63, 84.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0099 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.113 85)
XYZ	xyz(32.5726, 32.8763, 9.4796)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9640 #4066BC

analogous

#BC5840 #BC9640 #A4BC40

triadic

#BC9640 #40BC96 #9640BC

tetradic

#BC9640 #40BC58 #4066BC #BC40A4

square

#BC9640 #40BC58 #4066BC #BC40A4

split-complementary

#BC9640 #40A4BC #5840BC

monochromatic

#614D21 #8E7230 #BC9640 #CDAF6C #DDC89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BC9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9640

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9640	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b479',
    500: '#bc9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9640;
$custom-light: #d4b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.613,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69198,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9640

secondary

#8FA1C9

accent

#79D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9640

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

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