#BC9B4B#BC9B4B

#BC9B4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.106 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B4B
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 75)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.47, 2.83, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.47, 45.84, 86.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0056 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.106 87)
XYZ	xyz(33.7320, 34.6440, 11.5655)
Luminance	0.3464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B4B #4B6CBC

analogous

#BC634B #BC9B4B #A5BC4B

triadic

#BC9B4B #4BBC9B #9B4BBC

tetradic

#BC9B4B #4BBC63 #4B6CBC #BC4BA5

square

#BC9B4B #4BBC63 #4B6CBC #BC4BA5

split-complementary

#BC9B4B #4BA5BC #634BBC

monochromatic

#665426 #937837 #BC9B4B #CDB478 #DDCDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B4B

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B4B	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)

#AB9A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.106 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b880',
    500: '#bc9b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b4b;
$custom-light: #d3b880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.34642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B4B

secondary

#99A7CA

accent

#79D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B4B

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

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