#BC9D4E#BC9D4E

#BC9D4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D4E
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 1.98, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 44.97, 87.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% 0.0035 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.105 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1727, 35.3572, 12.2309)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D4E #4E6DBC

analogous

#BC664E #BC9D4E #A4BC4E

triadic

#BC9D4E #4EBC9D #9D4EBC

tetradic

#BC9D4E #4EBC66 #4E6DBC #BC4EA4

square

#BC9D4E #4EBC66 #4E6DBC #BC4EA4

split-complementary

#BC9D4E #4EA4BC #664EBC

monochromatic

#685627 #957B38 #BC9D4E #CDB67A #DECEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D4E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D4E	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)

#AD9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b982',
    500: '#bc9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d4e;
$custom-light: #d3b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70791,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D4E

secondary

#9BA8CB

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D4E

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

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