#BC9A3A#BC9A3A

#BC9A3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9A3A
RGBrgb(188, 154, 58)
HSLhsl(44, 53%, 48%)
HSVhsv(44, 69%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.1%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.05, 2.28, 53.12)
CIE-LCHlch(65.05, 53.17, 87.54°)
OKLaboklab(69.96% 0.0018 0.1194)
OKLCHoklch(69.96% 0.119 89.1)
XYZxyz(33.0602, 34.1101, 8.8448)
Luminance0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9A3A #3A5CBC
analogous
#BC593A #BC9A3A #9DBC3A
triadic
#BC9A3A #3ABC9A #9A3ABC
tetradic
#BC9A3A #3ABC59 #3A5CBC #BC3A9D
square
#BC9A3A #3ABC59 #3A5CBC #BC3A9D
split-complementary
#BC9A3A #3A9DBC #593ABC
monochromatic
#5E4D1D #8D742C #BC9A3A #CFB364 #DECA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#BC9A3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82
#BC9A3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A3A
7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9A3A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC9A3A1.002.687.827.82
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8221.001.001.00
##0000007.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AB982E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A23E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB8D86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 89.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b775',
    500: '#bc9a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9a3a;
$custom-light: #d4b775;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.308,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9A3A
secondary
#899AC9
accent
#71DC4C
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

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#BC9A3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva