#BC9E45#BC9E45

#BC9E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E45
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 0.79, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 49.42, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0011 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.113 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0417, 35.5766, 10.7030)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E45 #4563BC

analogous

#BC6245 #BC9E45 #9EBC45

triadic

#BC9E45 #45BC9E #9E45BC

tetradic

#BC9E45 #45BC62 #4563BC #BC459E

square

#BC9E45 #45BC62 #4563BC #BC459E

split-complementary

#BC9E45 #459EBC #6245BC

monochromatic

#635324 #907934 #BC9E45 #CCB572 #DCCD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E45

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E45	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7c',
    500: '#bc9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e45;
$custom-light: #d3ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70894,
    "c": 0.11328,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E45

secondary

#94A1C9

accent

#73D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E45

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

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