#BC9C46#BC9C46

#BC9C46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.111 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C46
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, 1.94, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 48.42, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% 0.0023 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.111 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7347, 34.9124, 10.7551)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C46 #4666BC

analogous

#BC6146 #BC9C46 #A1BC46

triadic

#BC9C46 #46BC9C #9C46BC

tetradic

#BC9C46 #46BC61 #4666BC #BC46A1

square

#BC9C46 #46BC61 #4666BC #BC46A1

split-complementary

#BC9C46 #46A1BC #6146BC

monochromatic

#645224 #907734 #BC9C46 #CCB473 #DDCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC9C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C46

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C46	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)

#AC9A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.111 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87d',
    500: '#bc9c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c46;
$custom-light: #d3b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.729,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70492,
    "c": 0.11122,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C46

secondary

#95A3C9

accent

#75D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C46

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

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