#BC9A3B#BC9A3B

#BC9A3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A3B
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 59)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 2.34, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 52.75, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% 0.0021 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.119 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.0858, 34.1203, 8.9800)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A3B #3B5DBC

analogous

#BC593B #BC9A3B #9DBC3B

triadic

#BC9A3B #3BBC9A #9A3BBC

tetradic

#BC9A3B #3BBC59 #3B5DBC #BC3B9D

square

#BC9A3B #3BBC59 #3B5DBC #BC3B9D

split-complementary

#BC9A3B #3B9DBC #593BBC

monochromatic

#5F4E1E #8D742C #BC9A3B #CFB365 #DDCA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A3B

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A3B	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b776',
    500: '#bc9a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a3b;
$custom-light: #d4b776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.186,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69969,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.34118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A3B

secondary

#8A9BC9

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A3B

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

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