#BC9B46#BC9B46

#BC9B46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B46
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 70)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, 2.48, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 48.15, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% 0.0039 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.111 88)
XYZ	xyz(33.5675, 34.5782, 10.6994)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B46 #4667BC

analogous

#BC6046 #BC9B46 #A2BC46

triadic

#BC9B46 #46BC9B #9B46BC

tetradic

#BC9B46 #46BC60 #4667BC #BC46A2

square

#BC9B46 #46BC60 #4667BC #BC46A2

split-complementary

#BC9B46 #46A2BC #6046BC

monochromatic

#645224 #907734 #BC9B46 #CCB373 #DDCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC9B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B46

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B46	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87d',
    500: '#bc9b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b46;
$custom-light: #d3b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.22,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70286,
    "c": 0.11065,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.34576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B46

secondary

#95A3C9

accent

#77D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B46

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

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