#BC9F49#BC9F49

#BC9F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.111 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F49
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 0.53, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 47.88, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% -0.0014 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.111 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3414, 35.9705, 11.4362)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F49 #4966BC

analogous

#BC6549 #BC9F49 #9FBC49

triadic

#BC9F49 #49BC9F #9F49BC

tetradic

#BC9F49 #49BC65 #4966BC #BC499F

square

#BC9F49 #49BC65 #4966BC #BC499F

split-complementary

#BC9F49 #499FBC #6549BC

monochromatic

#655525 #927B36 #BC9F49 #CCB776 #DDCEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC9F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F49

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F49	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.111 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7f',
    500: '#bc9f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f49;
$custom-light: #d3bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71145,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F49

secondary

#97A4CA

accent

#73D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F49

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

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