#BC9145#BC9145

#BC9145 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.107 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9145
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 7.87, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 46.33, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0195 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.107 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9404, 31.3740, 10.0026)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9145 #4570BC

analogous

#BC5545 #BC9145 #ACBC45

triadic

#BC9145 #45BC91 #9145BC

tetradic

#BC9145 #45BC55 #4570BC #BC45AC

square

#BC9145 #45BC55 #4570BC #BC45AC

split-complementary

#BC9145 #45ACBC #5545BC

monochromatic

#634C24 #906F34 #BC9145 #CCAC72 #DCC69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC9145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#BC9145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9145

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9145	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2923D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.107 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17b',
    500: '#bc9145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9145;
$custom-light: #d4b17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68242,
    "c": 0.10702,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9145

secondary

#94A7C9

accent

#81D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9145

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

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