#BC9F4F#BC9F4F

#BC9F4F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.105 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F4F
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 79)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 0.97, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 45.06, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0007 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.105 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5500, 36.0540, 12.5349)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F4F #4F6CBC

analogous

#BC694F #BC9F4F #A2BC4F

triadic

#BC9F4F #4FBC9F #9F4FBC

tetradic

#BC9F4F #4FBC69 #4F6CBC #BC4FA2

square

#BC9F4F #4FBC69 #4F6CBC #BC4FA2

split-complementary

#BC9F4F #4FA2BC #694FBC

monochromatic

#695728 #957C39 #BC9F4F #CDB77B #DECFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9F4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#BC9F4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F4F

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F4F	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)

#AE9D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.105 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb83',
    500: '#bc9f4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f4f;
$custom-light: #d3bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.037,
    "s": 44.856,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F4F

secondary

#9CA8CB

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F4F

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

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