#BC9148#BC9148

#BC9148 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9148
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 8.08, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 44.96, 79.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.0205 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.105 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0359, 31.4122, 10.5055)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9148 #4873BC

analogous

#BC5748 #BC9148 #ADBC48

triadic

#BC9148 #48BC91 #9148BC

tetradic

#BC9148 #48BC57 #4873BC #BC48AD

square

#BC9148 #48BC57 #4873BC #BC48AD

split-complementary

#BC9148 #48ADBC #5748BC

monochromatic

#654D25 #926F35 #BC9148 #CCAC75 #DDC7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC9148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9148

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9148	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)

#A29241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17d',
    500: '#bc9148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9148;
$custom-light: #d3b17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.759,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68277,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9148

secondary

#96A9CA

accent

#83D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9148

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

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