#BC9D4A#BC9D4A

#BC9D4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.108 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D4A
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.98, 1.68, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.98, 46.85, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0021 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.108 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0336, 35.3016, 11.4985)
Luminance	0.3530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D4A #4A69BC

analogous

#BC644A #BC9D4A #A2BC4A

triadic

#BC9D4A #4ABC9D #9D4ABC

tetradic

#BC9D4A #4ABC64 #4A69BC #BC4AA2

square

#BC9D4A #4ABC64 #4A69BC #BC4AA2

split-complementary

#BC9D4A #4AA2BC #644ABC

monochromatic

#665426 #937936 #BC9D4A #CDB577 #DDCDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#BC9D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D4A

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D4A	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)

#AD9B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.108 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97f',
    500: '#bc9d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d4a;
$custom-light: #d3b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.684,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70743,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D4A

secondary

#98A5CA

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D4A

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

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