#BC9C4B#BC9C4B

#BC9C4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.107 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C4B
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 75)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 2.29, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 46.10, 87.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.004 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.107 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8991, 34.9782, 11.6212)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C4B #4B6BBC

analogous

#BC644B #BC9C4B #A4BC4B

triadic

#BC9C4B #4BBC9C #9C4BBC

tetradic

#BC9C4B #4BBC64 #4B6BBC #BC4BA4

square

#BC9C4B #4BBC64 #4B6BBC #BC4BA4

split-complementary

#BC9C4B #4BA4BC #644BBC

monochromatic

#665426 #937937 #BC9C4B #CDB578 #DDCDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C4B

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C4B	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.107 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b980',
    500: '#bc9c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c4b;
$custom-light: #d3b980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.009,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70549,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C4B

secondary

#99A7CA

accent

#77D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C4B

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

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