#BC9941#BC9941

#BC9941 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.114 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9941
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 3.24, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 49.89, 86.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0055 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.114 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.0861, 33.8575, 9.7925)
Luminance	0.3386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9941 #4164BC

analogous

#BC5C41 #BC9941 #A2BC41

triadic

#BC9941 #41BC99 #9941BC

tetradic

#BC9941 #41BC5C #4164BC #BC41A2

square

#BC9941 #41BC5C #4164BC #BC41A2

split-complementary

#BC9941 #41A2BC #5C41BC

monochromatic

#614F22 #8F7431 #BC9941 #CDB26E #DCCA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9941

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9941	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.114 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b679',
    500: '#bc9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9941;
$custom-light: #d4b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69822,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9941

secondary

#90A0C9

accent

#76D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9941

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

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