#BC9C4C#BC9C4C

#BC9C4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.106 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C4C
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, 2.37, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 45.64, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0043 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.106 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9336, 34.9920, 11.8029)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C4C #4C6CBC

analogous

#BC644C #BC9C4C #A4BC4C

triadic

#BC9C4C #4CBC9C #9C4CBC

tetradic

#BC9C4C #4CBC64 #4C6CBC #BC4CA4

square

#BC9C4C #4CBC64 #4C6CBC #BC4CA4

split-complementary

#BC9C4C #4CA4BC #644CBC

monochromatic

#675527 #947937 #BC9C4C #CDB579 #DDCDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9C4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9C4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C4C

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C4C	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)

#AC9B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.106 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b981',
    500: '#bc9c4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c4c;
$custom-light: #d3b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7056,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C4C

secondary

#99A7CA

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C4C

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

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