#BC9A4D#BC9A4D

#BC9A4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A4D
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 77)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, 3.53, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 44.64, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0078 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.104 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6358, 34.3403, 11.8764)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A4D #4D6FBC

analogous

#BC634D #BC9A4D #A6BC4D

triadic

#BC9A4D #4DBC9A #9A4DBC

tetradic

#BC9A4D #4DBC63 #4D6FBC #BC4DA6

square

#BC9A4D #4DBC63 #4D6FBC #BC4DA6

split-complementary

#BC9A4D #4DA6BC #634DBC

monochromatic

#685427 #947838 #BC9A4D #CDB379 #DDCCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9A4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A4D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A4D	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b781',
    500: '#bc9a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a4d;
$custom-light: #d3b781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70162,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A4D

secondary

#9AA9CB

accent

#7BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A4D

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

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