#BC9B3D#BC9B3D

#BC9B3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.118 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B3D
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 1.91, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 52.15, 87.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.0011 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.118 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3044, 34.4730, 9.3137)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B3D #3D5EBC

analogous

#BC5B3D #BC9B3D #9EBC3D

triadic

#BC9B3D #3DBC9B #9B3DBC

tetradic

#BC9B3D #3DBC5B #3D5EBC #BC3D9E

square

#BC9B3D #3DBC5B #3D5EBC #BC3D9E

split-complementary

#BC9B3D #3D9EBC #5B3DBC

monochromatic

#604F1F #8E752E #BC9B3D #CEB468 #DDCB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B3D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B3D	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)

#AC9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.118 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b877',
    500: '#bc9b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b3d;
$custom-light: #d4b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.409,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70194,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B3D

secondary

#8C9CC9

accent

#72DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B3D

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

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