#BC9946#BC9946

#BC9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9946
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 3.57, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 47.64, 85.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0071 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.11 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2375, 33.9180, 10.5893)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9946 #4669BC

analogous

#BC5E46 #BC9946 #A4BC46

triadic

#BC9946 #46BC99 #9946BC

tetradic

#BC9946 #46BC5E #4669BC #BC46A4

square

#BC9946 #46BC5E #4669BC #BC46A4

split-complementary

#BC9946 #46A4BC #5E46BC

monochromatic

#645124 #907534 #BC9946 #CCB273 #DDCBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9946

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9946	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)

#A9983D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67d',
    500: '#bc9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9946;
$custom-light: #d3b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.203,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69875,
    "c": 0.10956,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9946

secondary

#95A4C9

accent

#79D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9946

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

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