#BC9D45#BC9D45

#BC9D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D45
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 1.33, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 49.14, 88.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.0004 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.113 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8718, 35.2369, 10.6464)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D45 #4564BC

analogous

#BC6145 #BC9D45 #9FBC45

triadic

#BC9D45 #45BC9D #9D45BC

tetradic

#BC9D45 #45BC61 #4564BC #BC459F

square

#BC9D45 #45BC61 #4564BC #BC459F

split-complementary

#BC9D45 #459FBC #6145BC

monochromatic

#635224 #907834 #BC9D45 #CCB572 #DCCC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D45

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D45	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97c',
    500: '#bc9d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d45;
$custom-light: #d3b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.37,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70687,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D45

secondary

#94A2C9

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D45

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

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