#BC9944#BC9944

#BC9944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.111 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9944
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 3.43, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 48.55, 85.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0064 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.111 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1754, 33.8932, 10.2624)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9944 #4467BC

analogous

#BC5D44 #BC9944 #A3BC44

triadic

#BC9944 #44BC99 #9944BC

tetradic

#BC9944 #44BC5D #4467BC #BC44A3

square

#BC9944 #44BC5D #4467BC #BC44A3

split-complementary

#BC9944 #44A3BC #5D44BC

monochromatic

#625023 #8F7533 #BC9944 #CCB271 #DCCA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9944

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9944	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)

#AA983B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.111 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67b',
    500: '#bc9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9944;
$custom-light: #d3b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69853,
    "c": 0.1112,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9944

secondary

#93A3C9

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9944

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

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