#BC9F4A#BC9F4A

#BC9F4A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.110 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F4A
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 60.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 0.60, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 47.41, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.001 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.11 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3748, 35.9839, 11.6122)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F4A #4A67BC

analogous

#BC664A #BC9F4A #A0BC4A

triadic

#BC9F4A #4ABC9F #9F4ABC

tetradic

#BC9F4A #4ABC66 #4A67BC #BC4AA0

square

#BC9F4A #4ABC66 #4A67BC #BC4AA0

split-complementary

#BC9F4A #4AA0BC #664ABC

monochromatic

#665626 #937B36 #BC9F4A #CDB777 #DDCEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BC9F4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F4A

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F4A	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.110 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb7f',
    500: '#bc9f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f4a;
$custom-light: #d3bb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.737,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71157,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F4A

secondary

#98A5CA

accent

#74D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F4A

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

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