#BC9C40#BC9C40

#BC9C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C40
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, 1.55, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 51.10, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0004 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.116 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5546, 34.8404, 9.8070)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C40 #4060BC

analogous

#BC5E40 #BC9C40 #9EBC40

triadic

#BC9C40 #40BC9C #9C40BC

tetradic

#BC9C40 #40BC5E #4060BC #BC409E

square

#BC9C40 #40BC5E #4060BC #BC409E

split-complementary

#BC9C40 #409EBC #5E40BC

monochromatic

#615021 #8E7630 #BC9C40 #CDB46C #DDCB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C40

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C40	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)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b879',
    500: '#bc9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c40;
$custom-light: #d4b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C40

secondary

#8F9EC9

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C40

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

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