#BC9C3F#BC9C3F

#BC9C3F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C3F
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 66.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 1.49, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 51.54, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% 0.0001 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.117 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5264, 34.8291, 9.6585)
Luminance	0.3483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C3F #3F5FBC

analogous

#BC5E3F #BC9C3F #9EBC3F

triadic

#BC9C3F #3FBC9C #9C3FBC

tetradic

#BC9C3F #3FBC5E #3F5FBC #BC3F9E

square

#BC9C3F #3FBC5E #3F5FBC #BC3F9E

split-complementary

#BC9C3F #3F9EBC #5E3FBC

monochromatic

#605020 #8E7630 #BC9C3F #CDB46B #DDCB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC9C3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C3F

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C3F	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b878',
    500: '#bc9c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c3f;
$custom-light: #d4b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 49.801,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7042,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C3F

secondary

#8E9DC9

accent

#72D94E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C3F

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

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