#BC9943#BC9943

#BC9943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.112 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9943
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 3.37, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 49.00, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0061 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.112 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1451, 33.8811, 10.1030)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9943 #4366BC

analogous

#BC5D43 #BC9943 #A2BC43

triadic

#BC9943 #43BC99 #9943BC

tetradic

#BC9943 #43BC5D #4366BC #BC43A2

square

#BC9943 #43BC5D #4366BC #BC43A2

split-complementary

#BC9943 #43A2BC #5D43BC

monochromatic

#625023 #8F7433 #BC9943 #CCB170 #DCCA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9943

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9943	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.112 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bc9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9943;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.645,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69843,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9943

secondary

#92A2C9

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9943

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

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