#BC9A4C#BC9A4C

#BC9A4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.105 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A4C
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, 3.45, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 45.11, 85.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0075 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.105 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6008, 34.3263, 11.6919)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A4C #4C6EBC

analogous

#BC624C #BC9A4C #A6BC4C

triadic

#BC9A4C #4CBC9A #9A4CBC

tetradic

#BC9A4C #4CBC62 #4C6EBC #BC4CA6

square

#BC9A4C #4CBC62 #4C6EBC #BC4CA6

split-complementary

#BC9A4C #4CA6BC #624CBC

monochromatic

#675327 #947837 #BC9A4C #CDB379 #DDCCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#BC9A4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A4C

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A4C	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)

#AA9944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.105 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b780',
    500: '#bc9a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a4c;
$custom-light: #d3b780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7015,
    "c": 0.10495,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A4C

secondary

#99A8CA

accent

#7AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A4C

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

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