#BC9E4E#BC9E4E

#BC9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.105 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E4E
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, 1.44, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 45.25, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.0019 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.105 89)
XYZ	xyz(34.3426, 35.6970, 12.2876)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E4E #4E6CBC

analogous

#BC674E #BC9E4E #A3BC4E

triadic

#BC9E4E #4EBC9E #9E4EBC

tetradic

#BC9E4E #4EBC67 #4E6CBC #BC4EA3

square

#BC9E4E #4EBC67 #4E6CBC #BC4EA3

split-complementary

#BC9E4E #4EA3BC #674EBC

monochromatic

#685727 #957B38 #BC9E4E #CDB67A #DECFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#BC9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E4E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E4E	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)

#AE9C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.105 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba82',
    500: '#bc9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e4e;
$custom-light: #d3ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.35695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E4E

secondary

#9BA8CB

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E4E

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

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