#BC9A40#BC9A40

#BC9A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.115 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A40
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.10, 2.63, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.10, 50.59, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0036 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.115 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2218, 34.1747, 9.6960)
Luminance	0.3417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A40 #4062BC

analogous

#BC5C40 #BC9A40 #A0BC40

triadic

#BC9A40 #40BC9A #9A40BC

tetradic

#BC9A40 #40BC5C #4062BC #BC40A0

square

#BC9A40 #40BC5C #4062BC #BC40A0

split-complementary

#BC9A40 #40A0BC #5C40BC

monochromatic

#614F21 #8E7530 #BC9A40 #CDB26C #DDCA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A40

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A40	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)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.115 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b779',
    500: '#bc9a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a40;
$custom-light: #d4b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.548,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70017,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A40

secondary

#8F9FC9

accent

#75D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A40

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

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