#BC9A41#BC9A41

#BC9A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A41
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, 2.70, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 50.14, 86.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0039 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.114 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2505, 34.1862, 9.8473)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A41 #4163BC

analogous

#BC5D41 #BC9A41 #A1BC41

triadic

#BC9A41 #41BC9A #9A41BC

tetradic

#BC9A41 #41BC5D #4163BC #BC41A1

square

#BC9A41 #41BC5D #4163BC #BC41A1

split-complementary

#BC9A41 #41A1BC #5D41BC

monochromatic

#614F22 #8F7531 #BC9A41 #CDB26E #DCCA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC9A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A41

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A41	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b779',
    500: '#bc9a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a41;
$custom-light: #d4b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.415,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70027,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A41

secondary

#90A0C9

accent

#75D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A41

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

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