#BC9D49#BC9D49

#BC9D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.109 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D49
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, 1.61, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 47.31, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0018 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.109 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0002, 35.2882, 11.3225)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D49 #4968BC

analogous

#BC6349 #BC9D49 #A1BC49

triadic

#BC9D49 #49BC9D #9D49BC

tetradic

#BC9D49 #49BC63 #4968BC #BC49A1

square

#BC9D49 #49BC63 #4968BC #BC49A1

split-complementary

#BC9D49 #49A1BC #6349BC

monochromatic

#655425 #927936 #BC9D49 #CCB576 #DDCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D49

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D49	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.109 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97f',
    500: '#bc9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d49;
$custom-light: #d3b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.826,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70732,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D49

secondary

#97A5CA

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D49

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

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