#BC9C49#BC9C49

#BC9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.109 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9C49
RGBrgb(188, 156, 73)
HSLhsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(43, 61%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.71, 2.15, 46.99)
CIE-LCHlch(65.71, 47.04, 87.38°)
OKLaboklab(70.53% 0.0033 0.1086)
OKLCHoklch(70.53% 0.109 88.2)
XYZxyz(33.8317, 34.9512, 11.2663)
Luminance0.3495 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9C49 #4969BC
analogous
#BC6249 #BC9C49 #A2BC49
triadic
#BC9C49 #49BC9C #9C49BC
tetradic
#BC9C49 #49BC62 #4969BC #BC49A2
square
#BC9C49 #49BC62 #4969BC #BC49A2
split-complementary
#BC9C49 #49A2BC #6249BC
monochromatic
#655325 #927836 #BC9C49 #CCB476 #DDCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#BC9C49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99
#BC9C49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C49
7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9C49#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC9C491.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9B41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A34C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB908A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.109 88.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97f',
    500: '#bc9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9c49;
$custom-light: #d3b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70525,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9C49
secondary
#97A5CA
accent
#77D652
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FAF6EE
border
#D3D0C9
text
#15110A
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

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#BC9C49 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva