#BC9A3C#BC9A3C

#BC9A3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.118 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A3C
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 60)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 2.40, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 52.32, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0024 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.118 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1120, 34.1308, 9.1179)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A3C #3C5EBC

analogous

#BC5A3C #BC9A3C #9EBC3C

triadic

#BC9A3C #3CBC9A #9A3CBC

tetradic

#BC9A3C #3CBC5A #3C5EBC #BC3C9E

square

#BC9A3C #3CBC5A #3C5EBC #BC3C9E

split-complementary

#BC9A3C #3C9EBC #5A3CBC

monochromatic

#5F4E1E #8E742D #BC9A3C #CEB367 #DDCA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A3C

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A3C	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.118 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b776',
    500: '#bc9a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a3c;
$custom-light: #d4b776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A3C

secondary

#8B9BC9

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A3C

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

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