#BC9C3D#BC9C3D

#BC9C3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C3D
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, 1.37, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 52.41, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0004 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.118 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4716, 34.8072, 9.3694)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C3D #3D5DBC

analogous

#BC5D3D #BC9C3D #9DBC3D

triadic

#BC9C3D #3DBC9C #9C3DBC

tetradic

#BC9C3D #3DBC5D #3D5DBC #BC3D9D

square

#BC9C3D #3DBC5D #3D5DBC #BC3D9D

split-complementary

#BC9C3D #3D9DBC #5D3DBC

monochromatic

#604F1F #8E762E #BC9C3D #CEB468 #DDCB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC9C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C3D

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C3D	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b877',
    500: '#bc9c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c3d;
$custom-light: #d4b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.882,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70401,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C3D

secondary

#8C9BC9

accent

#71DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C3D

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

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