#BC9149#BC9149

#BC9149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9149
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 8.15, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 44.49, 79.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0208 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.104 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0688, 31.4253, 10.6787)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9149 #4974BC

analogous

#BC5749 #BC9149 #ADBC49

triadic

#BC9149 #49BC91 #9149BC

tetradic

#BC9149 #49BC57 #4974BC #BC49AD

square

#BC9149 #49BC57 #4974BC #BC49AD

split-complementary

#BC9149 #49ADBC #5749BC

monochromatic

#654D25 #927036 #BC9149 #CCAC76 #DDC7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#BC9149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#BC9149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9149

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9149	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)

#A29242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17e',
    500: '#bc9149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9149;
$custom-light: #d3b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68289,
    "c": 0.10376,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9149

secondary

#97AACA

accent

#83D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9149

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

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