#BC9B3F#BC9B3F

#BC9B3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.116 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B3F
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 63)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, 2.03, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 51.28, 87.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% 0.0017 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.116 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3593, 34.4949, 9.6028)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B3F #3F60BC

analogous

#BC5D3F #BC9B3F #9FBC3F

triadic

#BC9B3F #3FBC9B #9B3FBC

tetradic

#BC9B3F #3FBC5D #3F60BC #BC3F9F

square

#BC9B3F #3FBC5D #3F60BC #BC3F9F

split-complementary

#BC9B3F #3F9FBC #5D3FBC

monochromatic

#604F20 #8E7530 #BC9B3F #CDB36B #DDCB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BC9B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B3F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B3F	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.116 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b878',
    500: '#bc9b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b3f;
$custom-light: #d4b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70213,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B3F

secondary

#8E9EC9

accent

#73D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B3F

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

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