#BC9B3B#BC9B3B

#BC9B3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B3B
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 1.80, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 53.00, 88.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0005 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.119 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2516, 34.4518, 9.0353)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B3B #3B5CBC

analogous

#BC5A3B #BC9B3B #9CBC3B

triadic

#BC9B3B #3BBC9B #9B3BBC

tetradic

#BC9B3B #3BBC5A #3B5CBC #BC3B9C

square

#BC9B3B #3BBC5A #3B5CBC #BC3B9C

split-complementary

#BC9B3B #3B9CBC #5A3BBC

monochromatic

#5F4E1E #8D752C #BC9B3B #CFB465 #DDCB94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B3B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B3B	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)

#AC992F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b876',
    500: '#bc9b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b3b;
$custom-light: #d4b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B3B

secondary

#8A9AC9

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B3B

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

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