#BC9A44#BC9A44

#BC9A44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.112 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A44
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 2.89, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 48.80, 86.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0048 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.112 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3397, 34.2219, 10.3172)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A44 #4466BC

analogous

#BC5E44 #BC9A44 #A2BC44

triadic

#BC9A44 #44BC9A #9A44BC

tetradic

#BC9A44 #44BC5E #4466BC #BC44A2

square

#BC9A44 #44BC5E #4466BC #BC44A2

split-complementary

#BC9A44 #44A2BC #5E44BC

monochromatic

#625023 #8F7533 #BC9A44 #CCB271 #DCCB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC9A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A44

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A44	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)

#AB993B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.112 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b77b',
    500: '#bc9a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a44;
$custom-light: #d3b77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A44

secondary

#93A2C9

accent

#77D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A44

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

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