#BC9C45#BC9C45

#BC9C45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C45
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, 1.87, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 48.87, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% 0.002 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.112 89)
XYZ	xyz(33.7034, 34.8999, 10.5902)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C45 #4565BC

analogous

#BC6145 #BC9C45 #A0BC45

triadic

#BC9C45 #45BC9C #9C45BC

tetradic

#BC9C45 #45BC61 #4565BC #BC45A0

square

#BC9C45 #45BC61 #4565BC #BC45A0

split-complementary

#BC9C45 #45A0BC #6145BC

monochromatic

#635224 #907734 #BC9C45 #CCB472 #DCCC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC9C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C45

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C45	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87c',
    500: '#bc9c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c45;
$custom-light: #d3b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70481,
    "c": 0.11206,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.34898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C45

secondary

#94A2C9

accent

#75D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C45

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

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