#BC9B41#BC9B41

#BC9B41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B41
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, 2.15, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 50.40, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% 0.0023 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.115 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4162, 34.5177, 9.9025)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B41 #4162BC

analogous

#BC5D41 #BC9B41 #A0BC41

triadic

#BC9B41 #41BC9B #9B41BC

tetradic

#BC9B41 #41BC5D #4162BC #BC41A0

square

#BC9B41 #41BC5D #4162BC #BC41A0

split-complementary

#BC9B41 #41A0BC #5D41BC

monochromatic

#615022 #8F7631 #BC9B41 #CDB36E #DCCB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#BC9B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B41

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B41	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)

#AC9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b87a',
    500: '#bc9b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b41;
$custom-light: #d4b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.902,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B41

secondary

#909FC9

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B41

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

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