#BC9844#BC9844

#BC9844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.111 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9844
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, 3.98, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 48.30, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.008 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.111 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0124, 33.5672, 10.2080)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9844 #4468BC

analogous

#BC5C44 #BC9844 #A4BC44

triadic

#BC9844 #44BC98 #9844BC

tetradic

#BC9844 #44BC5C #4468BC #BC44A4

square

#BC9844 #44BC5C #4468BC #BC44A4

split-complementary

#BC9844 #44A4BC #5C44BC

monochromatic

#624F23 #8F7433 #BC9844 #CCB171 #DCCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#BC9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9844

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9844	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9973B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.111 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bc9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9844;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69649,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9844

secondary

#93A3C9

accent

#79D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9844

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

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