#BC9248#BC9248

#BC9248 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.105 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9248
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, 7.53, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 45.15, 80.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0189 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.105 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1894, 31.7191, 10.5566)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9248 #4872BC

analogous

#BC5848 #BC9248 #ACBC48

triadic

#BC9248 #48BC92 #9248BC

tetradic

#BC9248 #48BC58 #4872BC #BC48AC

square

#BC9248 #48BC58 #4872BC #BC48AC

split-complementary

#BC9248 #48ACBC #5848BC

monochromatic

#654E25 #927035 #BC9248 #CCAD75 #DDC7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC9248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#BC9248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9248

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9248	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)

#A39341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.105 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17d',
    500: '#bc9248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9248;
$custom-light: #d3b17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68478,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9248

secondary

#96A9CA

accent

#82D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9248

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

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