#BC9D43#BC9D43

#BC9D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.114 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D43
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 1.20, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 50.04, 88.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.0002 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.114 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8108, 35.2125, 10.3249)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D43 #4362BC

analogous

#BC6043 #BC9D43 #9FBC43

triadic

#BC9D43 #43BC9D #9D43BC

tetradic

#BC9D43 #43BC60 #4362BC #BC439F

square

#BC9D43 #43BC60 #4362BC #BC439F

split-complementary

#BC9D43 #439FBC #6043BC

monochromatic

#625223 #8F7733 #BC9D43 #CCB570 #DCCC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D43

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D43	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)

#AD9B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.114 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97b',
    500: '#bc9d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d43;
$custom-light: #d3b97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.628,
    "s": 47.451,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70666,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D43

secondary

#92A0C9

accent

#73D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D43

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

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