#BC9E4D#BC9E4D

#BC9E4D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.106 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E4D
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 77)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 1.36, 45.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 45.72, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% 0.0015 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.106 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3070, 35.6828, 12.1002)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E4D #4D6BBC

analogous

#BC674D #BC9E4D #A2BC4D

triadic

#BC9E4D #4DBC9E #9E4DBC

tetradic

#BC9E4D #4DBC67 #4D6BBC #BC4DA2

square

#BC9E4D #4DBC67 #4D6BBC #BC4DA2

split-complementary

#BC9E4D #4DA2BC #674DBC

monochromatic

#685627 #947B38 #BC9E4D #CDB679 #DDCEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E4D

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E4D	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.106 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba81',
    500: '#bc9e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e4d;
$custom-light: #d3ba81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E4D

secondary

#9AA7CB

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E4D

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

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