#BC9A4A#BC9A4A

#BC9A4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A4A
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 3.30, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 46.04, 85.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0068 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.107 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5323, 34.2989, 11.3314)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A4A #4A6CBC

analogous

#BC614A #BC9A4A #A5BC4A

triadic

#BC9A4A #4ABC9A #9A4ABC

tetradic

#BC9A4A #4ABC61 #4A6CBC #BC4AA5

square

#BC9A4A #4ABC61 #4A6CBC #BC4AA5

split-complementary

#BC9A4A #4AA5BC #614ABC

monochromatic

#665326 #937736 #BC9A4A #CDB377 #DDCCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A4A

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A4A	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b77f',
    500: '#bc9a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a4a;
$custom-light: #d3b77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.105,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70126,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A4A

secondary

#98A7CA

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A4A

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

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