#BC9A4E#BC9A4E

#BC9A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A4E
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, 3.60, 44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 44.16, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0082 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.103 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6714, 34.3546, 12.0638)
Luminance	0.3435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A4E #4E70BC

analogous

#BC634E #BC9A4E #A7BC4E

triadic

#BC9A4E #4EBC9A #9A4EBC

tetradic

#BC9A4E #4EBC63 #4E70BC #BC4EA7

square

#BC9A4E #4EBC63 #4E70BC #BC4EA7

split-complementary

#BC9A4E #4EA7BC #634EBC

monochromatic

#685427 #957838 #BC9A4E #CDB37A #DECDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A4E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A4E	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)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b782',
    500: '#bc9a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a4e;
$custom-light: #d3b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70174,
    "c": 0.10317,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A4E

secondary

#9BAACB

accent

#7BD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A4E

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

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