#BC9D44#BC9D44

#BC9D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D44
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, 1.27, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 49.59, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% 0.0001 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.113 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8411, 35.2246, 10.4843)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D44 #4463BC

analogous

#BC6144 #BC9D44 #9FBC44

triadic

#BC9D44 #44BC9D #9D44BC

tetradic

#BC9D44 #44BC61 #4463BC #BC449F

square

#BC9D44 #44BC61 #4463BC #BC449F

split-complementary

#BC9D44 #449FBC #6144BC

monochromatic

#625223 #8F7833 #BC9D44 #CCB571 #DCCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#BC9D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D44

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D44	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)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97c',
    500: '#bc9d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d44;
$custom-light: #d3b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70677,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D44

secondary

#93A1C9

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D44

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

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