#BC9C3E#BC9C3E

#BC9C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.118 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C3E
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 1.43, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 51.98, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0002 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.118 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4987, 34.8181, 9.5126)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C3E #3E5EBC

analogous

#BC5D3E #BC9C3E #9DBC3E

triadic

#BC9C3E #3EBC9C #9C3EBC

tetradic

#BC9C3E #3EBC5D #3E5EBC #BC3E9D

square

#BC9C3E #3EBC5D #3E5EBC #BC3E9D

split-complementary

#BC9C3E #3E9DBC #5D3EBC

monochromatic

#605020 #8E762F #BC9C3E #CEB46A #DDCB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#BC9C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C3E

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C3E	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)

#AD9A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.118 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b878',
    500: '#bc9c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c3e;
$custom-light: #d4b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.762,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7041,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C3E

secondary

#8D9CC9

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C3E

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

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