#BC9049#BC9049

#BC9049 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9049
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 8.70, 43.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 44.31, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0224 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.103 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9166, 31.1211, 10.6280)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9049 #4975BC

analogous

#BC5649 #BC9049 #AFBC49

triadic

#BC9049 #49BC90 #9049BC

tetradic

#BC9049 #49BC56 #4975BC #BC49AF

square

#BC9049 #49BC56 #4975BC #BC49AF

split-complementary

#BC9049 #49AFBC #5649BC

monochromatic

#654D25 #926F36 #BC9049 #CCAB76 #DDC7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#BC9049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#BC9049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9049

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9049	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b07e',
    500: '#bc9049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9049;
$custom-light: #d3b07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68089,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9049

secondary

#97AACA

accent

#84D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9049

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

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