#BC9D4C#BC9D4C

#BC9D4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D4C
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 76)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, 1.83, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 45.91, 87.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.0028 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.107 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1021, 35.3290, 11.8590)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D4C #4C6BBC

analogous

#BC654C #BC9D4C #A3BC4C

triadic

#BC9D4C #4CBC9D #9D4CBC

tetradic

#BC9D4C #4CBC65 #4C6BBC #BC4CA3

square

#BC9D4C #4CBC65 #4C6BBC #BC4CA3

split-complementary

#BC9D4C #4CA3BC #654CBC

monochromatic

#675527 #947A37 #BC9D4C #CDB579 #DDCEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9D4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D4C

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D4C	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b981',
    500: '#bc9d4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d4c;
$custom-light: #d3b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.393,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70767,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D4C

secondary

#99A7CA

accent

#77D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D4C

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

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