#BC9B4C#BC9B4C

#BC9B4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.105 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B4C
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 76)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 2.91, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 45.37, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% 0.0059 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.106 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7665, 34.6578, 11.7472)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B4C #4C6DBC

analogous

#BC634C #BC9B4C #A5BC4C

triadic

#BC9B4C #4CBC9B #9B4CBC

tetradic

#BC9B4C #4CBC63 #4C6DBC #BC4CA5

square

#BC9B4C #4CBC63 #4C6DBC #BC4CA5

split-complementary

#BC9B4C #4CA5BC #634CBC

monochromatic

#675427 #947837 #BC9B4C #CDB479 #DDCDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC9B4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B4C

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B4C	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)

#AB9A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.105 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b881',
    500: '#bc9b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b4c;
$custom-light: #d3b881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.321,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B4C

secondary

#99A8CA

accent

#79D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B4C

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

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