#BC9B45#BC9B45

#BC9B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B45
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, 2.41, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 48.61, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% 0.0036 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.111 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5362, 34.5657, 10.5345)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B45 #4566BC

analogous

#BC5F45 #BC9B45 #A2BC45

triadic

#BC9B45 #45BC9B #9B45BC

tetradic

#BC9B45 #45BC5F #4566BC #BC45A2

square

#BC9B45 #45BC5F #4566BC #BC45A2

split-complementary

#BC9B45 #45A2BC #5F45BC

monochromatic

#635124 #907634 #BC9B45 #CCB372 #DCCB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#BC9B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B45

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B45	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	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)

#AB9A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87c',
    500: '#bc9b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b45;
$custom-light: #d3b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.361,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70275,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B45

secondary

#94A3C9

accent

#76D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B45

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

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