#BC9546#BC9546

#BC9546 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.108 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9546
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 5.75, 46.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 46.70, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% 0.0134 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.108 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5937, 32.6305, 10.3748)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9546 #466DBC

analogous

#BC5A46 #BC9546 #A8BC46

triadic

#BC9546 #46BC95 #9546BC

tetradic

#BC9546 #46BC5A #466DBC #BC46A8

square

#BC9546 #46BC5A #466DBC #BC46A8

split-complementary

#BC9546 #46A8BC #5A46BC

monochromatic

#644F24 #907234 #BC9546 #CCAF73 #DDC8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9546 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BC9546 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9546

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9546	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9546	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8983

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9546;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.108 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37c',
    500: '#bc9546',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9546;
$custom-light: #d3b37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9546",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6906,
    "c": 0.10769,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9546

secondary

#95A6C9

accent

#7DD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9546

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

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