#BC9450#BC9450

#BC9450 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9450
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 7.03, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 41.81, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% 0.0185 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.099 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7785, 32.4524, 12.1253)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9450 #5078BC

analogous

#BC5E50 #BC9450 #AEBC50

triadic

#BC9450 #50BC94 #9450BC

tetradic

#BC9450 #50BC5E #5078BC #BC50AE

square

#BC9450 #50BC5E #5078BC #BC50AE

split-complementary

#BC9450 #50AEBC #5E50BC

monochromatic

#695128 #967339 #BC9450 #CDAF7C #DECAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#BC9450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9450

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9450	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b383',
    500: '#bc9450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9450;
$custom-light: #d3b383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.778,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68982,
    "c": 0.09873,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9450

secondary

#9CAECB

accent

#83D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9450

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

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