#BC9C4E#BC9C4E

#BC9C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.104 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C4E
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, 2.52, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 44.69, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.005 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.104 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0042, 35.0202, 12.1748)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C4E #4E6EBC

analogous

#BC654E #BC9C4E #A5BC4E

triadic

#BC9C4E #4EBC9C #9C4EBC

tetradic

#BC9C4E #4EBC65 #4E6EBC #BC4EA5

square

#BC9C4E #4EBC65 #4E6EBC #BC4EA5

split-complementary

#BC9C4E #4EA5BC #654EBC

monochromatic

#685527 #957A38 #BC9C4E #CDB57A #DECEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C4E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C4E	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)

#AC9B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.104 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b982',
    500: '#bc9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c4e;
$custom-light: #d3b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70585,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C4E

secondary

#9BA9CB

accent

#79D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C4E

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

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