#BC9A50#BC9A50

#BC9A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.101 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A50
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 3.76, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 43.21, 85.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% 0.0089 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.101 85)
XYZ	xyz(33.7442, 34.3837, 12.4472)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A50 #5072BC

analogous

#BC6450 #BC9A50 #A8BC50

triadic

#BC9A50 #50BC9A #9A50BC

tetradic

#BC9A50 #50BC64 #5072BC #BC50A8

square

#BC9A50 #50BC64 #5072BC #BC50A8

split-complementary

#BC9A50 #50A8BC #6450BC

monochromatic

#695528 #967839 #BC9A50 #CDB47C #DECDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#BC9A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A50

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A50	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.101 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b783',
    500: '#bc9a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a50;
$custom-light: #d3b783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.111,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.702,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.34382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A50

secondary

#9CABCB

accent

#7CD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A50

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

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