#BC9D41#BC9D41

#BC9D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.116 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D41
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 65.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, 1.07, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 50.93, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0008 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.116 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7518, 35.1889, 10.0144)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D41 #4160BC

analogous

#BC5F41 #BC9D41 #9EBC41

triadic

#BC9D41 #41BC9D #9D41BC

tetradic

#BC9D41 #41BC5F #4160BC #BC419E

square

#BC9D41 #41BC5F #4160BC #BC419E

split-complementary

#BC9D41 #419EBC #5F41BC

monochromatic

#615122 #8F7731 #BC9D41 #CDB56E #DCCC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D41

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D41	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.116 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97a',
    500: '#bc9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d41;
$custom-light: #d3b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.878,
    "s": 48.617,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D41

secondary

#909EC9

accent

#72D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D41

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

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