#BC9D50#BC9D50

#BC9D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D50
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 2.13, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 44.02, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% 0.0042 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.103 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2455, 35.3863, 12.6143)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D50 #506FBC

analogous

#BC6750 #BC9D50 #A5BC50

triadic

#BC9D50 #50BC9D #9D50BC

tetradic

#BC9D50 #50BC67 #506FBC #BC50A5

square

#BC9D50 #50BC67 #506FBC #BC50A5

split-complementary

#BC9D50 #50A5BC #6750BC

monochromatic

#695728 #967B39 #BC9D50 #CDB67C #DECFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#BC9D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D50

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D50	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b983',
    500: '#bc9d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d50;
$custom-light: #d3b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70816,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D50

secondary

#9CAACB

accent

#78D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D50

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

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