#BC9E4C#BC9E4C

#BC9E4C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9E4C
RGBrgb(188, 158, 76)
HSLhsl(44, 46%, 52%)
HSVhsv(44, 60%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(66.27, 1.29, 46.17)
CIE-LCHlch(66.27, 46.19, 88.41°)
OKLaboklab(70.97% 0.0012 0.1073)
OKLCHoklch(70.97% 0.107 89.4)
XYZxyz(34.2720, 35.6687, 11.9156)
Luminance0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9E4C #4C6ABC
analogous
#BC664C #BC9E4C #A2BC4C
triadic
#BC9E4C #4CBC9E #9E4CBC
tetradic
#BC9E4C #4CBC66 #4C6ABC #BC4CA2
square
#BC9E4C #4CBC66 #4C6ABC #BC4CA2
split-complementary
#BC9E4C #4CA2BC #664CBC
monochromatic
#675627 #947B37 #BC9E4C #CDB679 #DDCEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#BC9E4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13
#BC9E4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E4C
8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9E4C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC9E4C1.002.588.138.13
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1321.001.001.00
##0000008.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AE9C44
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A54F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA928C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 89.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba81',
    500: '#bc9e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9e4c;
$custom-light: #d3ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.929,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70973,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9E4C
secondary
#99A6CA
accent
#76D553
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6EF
border
#D3D0CA
text
#14110A
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

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#BC9E4C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva