#BC9D47#BC9D47

#BC9D47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D47
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 71)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 1.47, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 48.23, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% 0.0011 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.111 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9350, 35.2621, 10.9789)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D47 #4766BC

analogous

#BC6247 #BC9D47 #A0BC47

triadic

#BC9D47 #47BC9D #9D47BC

tetradic

#BC9D47 #47BC62 #4766BC #BC47A0

square

#BC9D47 #47BC62 #4766BC #BC47A0

split-complementary

#BC9D47 #47A0BC #6247BC

monochromatic

#645324 #917935 #BC9D47 #CCB574 #DDCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9D47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D47

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D47	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)

#AD9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97d',
    500: '#bc9d47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d47;
$custom-light: #d3b97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.103,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70709,
    "c": 0.11099,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D47

secondary

#95A3C9

accent

#75D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D47

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

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