#BC9D46#BC9D46

#BC9D46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.112 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D46
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 1.40, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 48.69, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% 0.0008 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.112 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9031, 35.2494, 10.8112)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D46 #4665BC

analogous

#BC6246 #BC9D46 #A0BC46

triadic

#BC9D46 #46BC9D #9D46BC

tetradic

#BC9D46 #46BC62 #4665BC #BC46A0

square

#BC9D46 #46BC62 #4665BC #BC46A0

split-complementary

#BC9D46 #46A0BC #6246BC

monochromatic

#645324 #907834 #BC9D46 #CCB573 #DDCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D46

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D46	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)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.112 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97d',
    500: '#bc9d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d46;
$custom-light: #d3b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.237,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70698,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D46

secondary

#95A2C9

accent

#74D651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D46

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

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