#BC9C41#BC9C41

#BC9C41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.115 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C41
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, 1.61, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 50.66, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0008 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.115 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5834, 34.8519, 9.9582)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C41 #4161BC

analogous

#BC5E41 #BC9C41 #9FBC41

triadic

#BC9C41 #41BC9C #9C41BC

tetradic

#BC9C41 #41BC5E #4161BC #BC419F

square

#BC9C41 #41BC5E #4161BC #BC419F

split-complementary

#BC9C41 #419FBC #5E41BC

monochromatic

#615122 #8F7631 #BC9C41 #CDB46E #DCCB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC9C41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C41

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C41	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AD9A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.115 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b87a',
    500: '#bc9c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c41;
$custom-light: #d4b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70439,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C41

secondary

#909FC9

accent

#73D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C41

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

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