#BC9545#BC9545

#BC9545 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.108 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9545
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 5.68, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 47.15, 83.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% 0.0131 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.109 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5624, 32.6180, 10.2099)
Luminance	0.3262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9545 #456CBC

analogous

#BC5945 #BC9545 #A8BC45

triadic

#BC9545 #45BC95 #9545BC

tetradic

#BC9545 #45BC59 #456CBC #BC45A8

square

#BC9545 #45BC59 #456CBC #BC45A8

split-complementary

#BC9545 #45A8BC #5945BC

monochromatic

#634E24 #907234 #BC9545 #CCAF72 #DCC89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC9545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9545

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9545	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.108 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37c',
    500: '#bc9545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9545;
$custom-light: #d3b37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69049,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9545

secondary

#94A5C9

accent

#7DD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9545

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

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