#BC9452#BC9452

#BC9452 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9452
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 82)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, 7.20, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 40.86, 79.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0192 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.097 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8535, 32.4824, 12.5203)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9452 #527ABC

analogous

#BC5F52 #BC9452 #AFBC52

triadic

#BC9452 #52BC94 #9452BC

tetradic

#BC9452 #52BC5F #527ABC #BC52AF

square

#BC9452 #52BC5F #527ABC #BC52AF

split-complementary

#BC9452 #52AFBC #5F52BC

monochromatic

#6A5229 #97743A #BC9452 #CDAF7E #DECBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC9452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9452

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9452	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4954C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b384',
    500: '#bc9452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9452;
$custom-light: #d3b384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9452

secondary

#9EAFCC

accent

#84D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9452

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

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