#BC9461#BC9461

#BC9461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.083 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9461
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 8.55, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 33.71, 75.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.025 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.083 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4880, 32.7362, 15.8618)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9461 #6189BC

analogous

#BC6661 #BC9461 #B6BC61

triadic

#BC9461 #61BC94 #9461BC

tetradic

#BC9461 #61BC66 #6189BC #BC61B6

square

#BC9461 #61BC66 #6189BC #BC61B6

split-complementary

#BC9461 #61B6BC #6661BC

monochromatic

#725530 #9D7543 #BC9461 #CEB18C #E0CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC9461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9461

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9461	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3955D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.083 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b38e',
    500: '#bc9461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9461;
$custom-light: #d2b38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.626,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69238,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9461

secondary

#AABACF

accent

#8DD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9461

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

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