#BC9A3D#BC9A3D

#BC9A3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.117 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A3D
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 2.45, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 51.89, 87.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0027 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.117 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1387, 34.1415, 9.2585)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A3D #3D5FBC

analogous

#BC5B3D #BC9A3D #9FBC3D

triadic

#BC9A3D #3DBC9A #9A3DBC

tetradic

#BC9A3D #3DBC5B #3D5FBC #BC3D9F

square

#BC9A3D #3DBC5B #3D5FBC #BC3D9F

split-complementary

#BC9A3D #3D9FBC #5B3DBC

monochromatic

#604E1F #8E742E #BC9A3D #CEB368 #DDCA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A3D

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A3D	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)

#AB9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.117 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b777',
    500: '#bc9a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a3d;
$custom-light: #d4b777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.937,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.11721,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A3D

secondary

#8C9CC9

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A3D

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

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