#BC9E49#BC9E49

#BC9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E49
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, 1.07, 47.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 47.59, 88.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0002 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.11 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1701, 35.6280, 11.3791)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E49 #4967BC

analogous

#BC6449 #BC9E49 #A0BC49

triadic

#BC9E49 #49BC9E #9E49BC

tetradic

#BC9E49 #49BC64 #4967BC #BC49A0

square

#BC9E49 #49BC64 #4967BC #BC49A0

split-complementary

#BC9E49 #49A0BC #6449BC

monochromatic

#655525 #927A36 #BC9E49 #CCB676 #DDCEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E49

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E49	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7f',
    500: '#bc9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e49;
$custom-light: #d3ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70938,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E49

secondary

#97A4CA

accent

#74D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E49

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

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