#BC9548#BC9548

#BC9548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.106 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9548
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.88, 5.89, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.88, 45.78, 82.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0141 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.106 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6579, 32.6562, 10.7128)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9548 #486FBC

analogous

#BC5B48 #BC9548 #A9BC48

triadic

#BC9548 #48BC95 #9548BC

tetradic

#BC9548 #48BC5B #486FBC #BC48A9

square

#BC9548 #48BC5B #486FBC #BC48A9

split-complementary

#BC9548 #48A9BC #5B48BC

monochromatic

#654F25 #927335 #BC9548 #CCAF75 #DDC9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BC9548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9548

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9548	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)

#A69540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.106 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37e',
    500: '#bc9548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9548;
$custom-light: #d3b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69083,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9548

secondary

#96A7CA

accent

#7ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9548

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

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