#BC9E47#BC9E47

#BC9E47 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.112 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E47
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 0.93, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 48.51, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0005 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.112 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1049, 35.6019, 11.0355)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E47 #4765BC

analogous

#BC6347 #BC9E47 #A0BC47

triadic

#BC9E47 #47BC9E #9E47BC

tetradic

#BC9E47 #47BC63 #4765BC #BC47A0

square

#BC9E47 #47BC63 #4765BC #BC47A0

split-complementary

#BC9E47 #47A0BC #6347BC

monochromatic

#645424 #917935 #BC9E47 #CCB674 #DDCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E47

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E47	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)

#AE9C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.112 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7d',
    500: '#bc9e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e47;
$custom-light: #d3ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E47

secondary

#95A3C9

accent

#74D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E47

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

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