#BC9B4E#BC9B4E

#BC9B4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.104 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B4E
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, 3.06, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 44.42, 86.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% 0.0066 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.104 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8371, 34.6860, 12.1191)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B4E #4E6FBC

analogous

#BC644E #BC9B4E #A6BC4E

triadic

#BC9B4E #4EBC9B #9B4EBC

tetradic

#BC9B4E #4EBC64 #4E6FBC #BC4EA6

square

#BC9B4E #4EBC64 #4E6FBC #BC4EA6

split-complementary

#BC9B4E #4EA6BC #644EBC

monochromatic

#685527 #957938 #BC9B4E #CDB47A #DECDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B4E

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B4E	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.104 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b882',
    500: '#bc9b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b4e;
$custom-light: #d3b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70379,
    "c": 0.10371,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B4E

secondary

#9BA9CB

accent

#7AD553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B4E

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

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