#BC9F4B#BC9F4B

#BC9F4B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.109 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F4B
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 0.67, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 46.95, 89.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0007 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.109 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4087, 35.9975, 11.7911)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F4B #4B68BC

analogous

#BC674B #BC9F4B #A1BC4B

triadic

#BC9F4B #4BBC9F #9F4BBC

tetradic

#BC9F4B #4BBC67 #4B68BC #BC4BA1

square

#BC9F4B #4BBC67 #4B68BC #BC4BA1

split-complementary

#BC9F4B #4BA1BC #674BBC

monochromatic

#665626 #937B37 #BC9F4B #CDB778 #DDCFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#BC9F4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F4B

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F4B	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)

#AF9D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.109 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb80',
    500: '#bc9f4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f4b;
$custom-light: #d3bb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.602,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71168,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F4B

secondary

#99A5CA

accent

#74D552

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F4B

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

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