#BC9146#BC9146

#BC9146 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.106 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9146
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 70)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 7.94, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 45.87, 80.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0198 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.106 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9717, 31.3865, 10.1674)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9146 #4671BC

analogous

#BC5646 #BC9146 #ACBC46

triadic

#BC9146 #46BC91 #9146BC

tetradic

#BC9146 #46BC56 #4671BC #BC46AC

square

#BC9146 #46BC56 #4671BC #BC46AC

split-complementary

#BC9146 #46ACBC #5646BC

monochromatic

#644C24 #906F34 #BC9146 #CCAC73 #DDC6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#BC9146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC9146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9146

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9146	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2923E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.106 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b17c',
    500: '#bc9146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9146;
$custom-light: #d4b17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.136,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68253,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9146

secondary

#95A8C9

accent

#82D651

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9146

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

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