#BC9448#BC9448

#BC9448 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9448
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 72)
HSL	hsl(39, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 6.43, 45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 45.56, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0157 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.106 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5004, 32.3411, 10.6603)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9448 #4870BC

analogous

#BC5A48 #BC9448 #AABC48

triadic

#BC9448 #48BC94 #9448BC

tetradic

#BC9448 #48BC5A #4870BC #BC48AA

square

#BC9448 #48BC5A #4870BC #BC48AA

split-complementary

#BC9448 #48AABC #5A48BC

monochromatic

#654F25 #927235 #BC9448 #CCAE75 #DDC8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#BC9448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#BC9448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9448

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9448	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37e',
    500: '#bc9448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9448;
$custom-light: #d3b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68881,
    "c": 0.10562,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9448

secondary

#96A8CA

accent

#7FD652

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF5EE

border

#D3CFC9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9448

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

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