#BC9A47#BC9A47

#BC9A47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.109 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A47
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 3.09, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 47.43, 86.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0058 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.109 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.4336, 34.2595, 10.8118)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A47 #4769BC

analogous

#BC5F47 #BC9A47 #A3BC47

triadic

#BC9A47 #47BC9A #9A47BC

tetradic

#BC9A47 #47BC5F #4769BC #BC47A3

square

#BC9A47 #47BC5F #4769BC #BC47A3

split-complementary

#BC9A47 #47A3BC #5F47BC

monochromatic

#645224 #917635 #BC9A47 #CCB374 #DDCBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC9A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A47

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A47	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA993E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.109 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b77d',
    500: '#bc9a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a47;
$custom-light: #d3b77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.564,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70091,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A47

secondary

#95A5C9

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A47

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

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