#BC9E4A#BC9E4A

#BC9E4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.109 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E4A
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 1.14, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 47.13, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0005 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.109 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2035, 35.6414, 11.5551)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E4A #4A68BC

analogous

#BC654A #BC9E4A #A1BC4A

triadic

#BC9E4A #4ABC9E #9E4ABC

tetradic

#BC9E4A #4ABC65 #4A68BC #BC4AA1

square

#BC9E4A #4ABC65 #4A68BC #BC4AA1

split-complementary

#BC9E4A #4AA1BC #654ABC

monochromatic

#665526 #937A36 #BC9E4A #CDB677 #DDCEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E4A

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E4A	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)

#AE9C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.109 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7f',
    500: '#bc9e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e4a;
$custom-light: #d3ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7095,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E4A

secondary

#98A5CA

accent

#75D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E4A

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

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