#BC9C4D#BC9C4D

#BC9C4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.105 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C4D
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 77)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 2.44, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 45.16, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% 0.0047 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.105 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9686, 35.0060, 11.9874)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C4D #4D6DBC

analogous

#BC654D #BC9C4D #A4BC4D

triadic

#BC9C4D #4DBC9C #9C4DBC

tetradic

#BC9C4D #4DBC65 #4D6DBC #BC4DA4

square

#BC9C4D #4DBC65 #4D6DBC #BC4DA4

split-complementary

#BC9C4D #4DA4BC #654DBC

monochromatic

#685527 #947938 #BC9C4D #CDB579 #DDCDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9C4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9C4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C4D

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C4D	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#AC9B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.105 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b981',
    500: '#bc9c4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c4d;
$custom-light: #d3b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.703,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C4D

secondary

#9AA8CB

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C4D

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

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