#BC9147#BC9147

#BC9147 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9147
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 71)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 8.01, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 45.42, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0201 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.105 79)
XYZ	xyz(32.0035, 31.3993, 10.3350)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9147 #4772BC

analogous

#BC5647 #BC9147 #ACBC47

triadic

#BC9147 #47BC91 #9147BC

tetradic

#BC9147 #47BC56 #4772BC #BC47AC

square

#BC9147 #47BC56 #4772BC #BC47AC

split-complementary

#BC9147 #47ACBC #5647BC

monochromatic

#644D24 #916F35 #BC9147 #CCAC74 #DDC7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC9147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9147

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9147	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A29240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17d',
    500: '#bc9147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9147;
$custom-light: #d3b17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.949,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68265,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.31397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9147

secondary

#95A9C9

accent

#82D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9147

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

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