#BC9A3E#BC9A3E

#BC9A3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.116 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A3E
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 2.51, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 51.46, 87.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.003 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.116 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1659, 34.1524, 9.4017)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A3E #3E60BC

analogous

#BC5B3E #BC9A3E #9FBC3E

triadic

#BC9A3E #3EBC9A #9A3EBC

tetradic

#BC9A3E #3EBC5B #3E60BC #BC3E9F

square

#BC9A3E #3EBC5B #3E60BC #BC3E9F

split-complementary

#BC9A3E #3E9FBC #5B3EBC

monochromatic

#604F20 #8E742F #BC9A3E #CEB36A #DDCA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A3E

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A3E	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)

#AB9933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.116 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b778',
    500: '#bc9a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a3e;
$custom-light: #d4b778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69997,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A3E

secondary

#8D9DC9

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A3E

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

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