#BC9B4A#BC9B4A

#BC9B4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.107 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B4A
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 74)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 2.76, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 46.30, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0052 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.107 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6980, 34.6304, 11.3866)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B4A #4A6BBC

analogous

#BC624A #BC9B4A #A4BC4A

triadic

#BC9B4A #4ABC9B #9B4ABC

tetradic

#BC9B4A #4ABC62 #4A6BBC #BC4AA4

square

#BC9B4A #4ABC62 #4A6BBC #BC4AA4

split-complementary

#BC9B4A #4AA4BC #624ABC

monochromatic

#665326 #937836 #BC9B4A #CDB477 #DDCCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B4A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B4A	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.107 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87f',
    500: '#bc9b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b4a;
$custom-light: #d3b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70331,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B4A

secondary

#98A6CA

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B4A

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

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