#BC9249#BC9249

#BC9249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9249
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 7.60, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 44.69, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0192 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.104 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2223, 31.7323, 10.7298)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9249 #4973BC

analogous

#BC5849 #BC9249 #ACBC49

triadic

#BC9249 #49BC92 #9249BC

tetradic

#BC9249 #49BC58 #4973BC #BC49AC

square

#BC9249 #49BC58 #4973BC #BC49AC

split-complementary

#BC9249 #49ACBC #5849BC

monochromatic

#654E25 #927036 #BC9249 #CCAD76 #DDC8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#BC9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9249

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9249	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b17e',
    500: '#bc9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9249;
$custom-light: #d3b17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6849,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9249

secondary

#97AACA

accent

#82D652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9249

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

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