#BC9E4B#BC9E4B

#BC9E4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E4B
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 75)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 1.21, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 46.66, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0009 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.108 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2375, 35.6549, 11.7340)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E4B #4B69BC

analogous

#BC664B #BC9E4B #A2BC4B

triadic

#BC9E4B #4BBC9E #9E4BBC

tetradic

#BC9E4B #4BBC66 #4B69BC #BC4BA2

square

#BC9E4B #4BBC66 #4B69BC #BC4BA2

split-complementary

#BC9E4B #4BA2BC #664BBC

monochromatic

#665526 #937B37 #BC9E4B #CDB678 #DDCEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E4B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E4B	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)

#AE9C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba80',
    500: '#bc9e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e4b;
$custom-light: #d3ba80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.071,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70961,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E4B

secondary

#99A6CA

accent

#75D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E4B

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

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