#BC9465#BC9465

#BC9465 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.079 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9465
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 101)
HSL	hsl(32, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, 8.95, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 31.81, 73.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0266 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.079 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6792, 32.8127, 16.8689)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9465 #658DBC

analogous

#BC6965 #BC9465 #B9BC65

triadic

#BC9465 #65BC94 #9465BC

tetradic

#BC9465 #65BC69 #658DBC #BC65B9

square

#BC9465 #65BC69 #658DBC #BC65B9

split-complementary

#BC9465 #65B9BC #6965BC

monochromatic

#745633 #9F7645 #BC9465 #CFB290 #E1CFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9465 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BC9465 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9465

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9465	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9465	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9465;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.079 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b391',
    500: '#bc9465',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9465;
$custom-light: #d2b391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9465",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.414,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69307,
    "c": 0.07929,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9465

secondary

#ADBDD0

accent

#8FCF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9465

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

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