#BC9D4F#BC9D4F

#BC9D4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.104 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D4F
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 79)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 2.05, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 44.49, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% 0.0038 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.104 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2088, 35.3717, 12.4212)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D4F #4F6EBC

analogous

#BC674F #BC9D4F #A4BC4F

triadic

#BC9D4F #4FBC9D #9D4FBC

tetradic

#BC9D4F #4FBC67 #4F6EBC #BC4FA4

square

#BC9D4F #4FBC67 #4F6EBC #BC4FA4

split-complementary

#BC9D4F #4FA4BC #674FBC

monochromatic

#695628 #957B39 #BC9D4F #CDB67B #DECEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#BC9D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D4F

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D4F	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)

#AD9C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.104 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b983',
    500: '#bc9d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d4f;
$custom-light: #d3b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.936,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.10396,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D4F

secondary

#9CA9CB

accent

#78D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D4F

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

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