#BC9F4E#BC9F4E

#BC9F4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.106 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F4E
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 0.90, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 45.54, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0003 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.106 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5139, 36.0395, 12.3446)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F4E #4E6BBC

analogous

#BC684E #BC9F4E #A2BC4E

triadic

#BC9F4E #4EBC9F #9F4EBC

tetradic

#BC9F4E #4EBC68 #4E6BBC #BC4EA2

square

#BC9F4E #4EBC68 #4E6BBC #BC4EA2

split-complementary

#BC9F4E #4EA2BC #684EBC

monochromatic

#685727 #957C38 #BC9F4E #CDB77A #DECFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BC9F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F4E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F4E	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.106 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb82',
    500: '#bc9f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f4e;
$custom-light: #d3bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71204,
    "c": 0.10612,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F4E

secondary

#9BA8CB

accent

#75D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F4E

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

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