#BC9B43#BC9B43

#BC9B43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.113 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B43
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, 2.28, 49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 49.51, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0029 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.113 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4752, 34.5413, 10.2130)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B43 #4364BC

analogous

#BC5E43 #BC9B43 #A1BC43

triadic

#BC9B43 #43BC9B #9B43BC

tetradic

#BC9B43 #43BC5E #4364BC #BC43A1

square

#BC9B43 #43BC5E #4364BC #BC43A1

split-complementary

#BC9B43 #43A1BC #5E43BC

monochromatic

#625123 #8F7633 #BC9B43 #CCB370 #DCCB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9B43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC9B43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B43

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B43	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)

#AC9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.113 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87b',
    500: '#bc9b43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b43;
$custom-light: #d3b87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B43

secondary

#92A1C9

accent

#75D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B43

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

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