#BC9C4F#BC9C4F

#BC9C4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C4F
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 79)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 2.59, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 44.22, 86.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0054 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.103 87)
XYZ	xyz(34.0403, 35.0347, 12.3650)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C4F #4F6FBC

analogous

#BC654F #BC9C4F #A6BC4F

triadic

#BC9C4F #4FBC9C #9C4FBC

tetradic

#BC9C4F #4FBC65 #4F6FBC #BC4FA6

square

#BC9C4F #4FBC65 #4F6FBC #BC4FA6

split-complementary

#BC9C4F #4FA6BC #654FBC

monochromatic

#695628 #957A39 #BC9C4F #CDB57B #DECEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C4F

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C4F	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b983',
    500: '#bc9c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c4f;
$custom-light: #d3b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.10337,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.35033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C4F

secondary

#9CAACB

accent

#79D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C4F

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

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