#BC9451#BC9451

#BC9451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.098 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9451
RGBrgb(188, 148, 81)
HSLhsl(38, 44%, 53%)
HSVhsv(38, 57%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.73, 7.11, 40.72)
CIE-LCHlch(63.73, 41.34, 80.09°)
OKLaboklab(68.99% 0.0188 0.096)
OKLCHoklch(68.99% 0.098 78.9)
XYZxyz(32.8158, 32.4673, 12.3214)
Luminance0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9451 #5179BC
analogous
#BC5E51 #BC9451 #AEBC51
triadic
#BC9451 #51BC94 #9451BC
tetradic
#BC9451 #51BC5E #5179BC #BC51AE
square
#BC9451 #51BC5E #5179BC #BC51AE
split-complementary
#BC9451 #51AEBC #5E51BC
monochromatic
#6A5229 #96743A #BC9451 #CDAF7D #DECAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#BC9451 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49
#BC9451 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9451
7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9451#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC94511.002.807.497.49
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A4954B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9E53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CB8984
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.098 78.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b383',
    500: '#bc9451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9451;
$custom-light: #d3b383;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.57,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68995,
    "c": 0.09784,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9451
secondary
#9DAFCC
accent
#84D454
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6EF
border
#D3D0CA
text
#14110B
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9451

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#BC9451 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva