#BC9964#BC9964

#BC9964 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.082 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9964
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 100)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 6.11, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 33.26, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0181 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.082 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4318, 34.3958, 16.8796)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9964 #6487BC

analogous

#BC6D64 #BC9964 #B3BC64

triadic

#BC9964 #64BC99 #9964BC

tetradic

#BC9964 #64BC6D #6487BC #BC64B3

square

#BC9964 #64BC6D #6487BC #BC64B3

split-complementary

#BC9964 #64B3BC #6D64BC

monochromatic

#745A32 #9E7B44 #BC9964 #CEB58F #E1D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9964 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9964 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9964

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9964	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9964	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9964;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.082 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b691',
    500: '#bc9964',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9964;
$custom-light: #d2b691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9964",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.136,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70294,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9964

secondary

#ACBAD0

accent

#88D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9964

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

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