#BC9D4D#BC9D4D

#BC9D4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.106 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D4D
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 77)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 1.90, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 45.44, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0031 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.106 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1371, 35.3430, 12.0435)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D4D #4D6CBC

analogous

#BC664D #BC9D4D #A4BC4D

triadic

#BC9D4D #4DBC9D #9D4DBC

tetradic

#BC9D4D #4DBC66 #4D6CBC #BC4DA4

square

#BC9D4D #4DBC66 #4D6CBC #BC4DA4

split-complementary

#BC9D4D #4DA4BC #664DBC

monochromatic

#685627 #947A38 #BC9D4D #CDB579 #DDCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D4D

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D4D	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)

#AD9B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.106 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b981',
    500: '#bc9d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d4d;
$custom-light: #d3b981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.243,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D4D

secondary

#9AA8CB

accent

#77D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D4D

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

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