#BC9247#BC9247

#BC9247 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.106 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9247
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 71)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 7.46, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 45.61, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0185 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.106 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1570, 31.7062, 10.3862)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9247 #4771BC

analogous

#BC5747 #BC9247 #ABBC47

triadic

#BC9247 #47BC92 #9247BC

tetradic

#BC9247 #47BC57 #4771BC #BC47AB

square

#BC9247 #47BC57 #4771BC #BC47AB

split-complementary

#BC9247 #47ABBC #5747BC

monochromatic

#644D24 #917035 #BC9247 #CCAD74 #DDC7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC9247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BC9247 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9247

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9247	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.106 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17d',
    500: '#bc9247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9247;
$custom-light: #d3b17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68466,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9247

secondary

#95A8C9

accent

#81D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9247

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

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