#BC9B3A#BC9B3A

#BC9B3A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B3A
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, 1.74, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 53.42, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% 0.0002 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.12 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2259, 34.4415, 8.9000)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B3A #3A5BBC

analogous

#BC5A3A #BC9B3A #9CBC3A

triadic

#BC9B3A #3ABC9B #9B3ABC

tetradic

#BC9B3A #3ABC5A #3A5BBC #BC3A9C

square

#BC9B3A #3ABC5A #3A5BBC #BC3A9C

split-complementary

#BC9B3A #3A9CBC #5A3ABC

monochromatic

#5E4E1D #8D742C #BC9B3A #CFB464 #DECB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B3A

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B3A	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b875',
    500: '#bc9b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b3a;
$custom-light: #d4b875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70167,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B3A

secondary

#8999C9

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B3A

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

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