#BC9B42#BC9B42

#BC9B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B42
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, 2.22, 49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 49.96, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% 0.0026 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.114 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4455, 34.5294, 10.0564)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B42 #4263BC

analogous

#BC5E42 #BC9B42 #A0BC42

triadic

#BC9B42 #42BC9B #9B42BC

tetradic

#BC9B42 #42BC5E #4263BC #BC42A0

square

#BC9B42 #42BC5E #4263BC #BC42A0

split-complementary

#BC9B42 #42A0BC #5E42BC

monochromatic

#615022 #8F7632 #BC9B42 #CCB36F #DCCB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC9B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B42

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B42	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87a',
    500: '#bc9b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b42;
$custom-light: #d3b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70243,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B42

secondary

#91A0C9

accent

#75D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B42

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

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