#BC9549#BC9549

#BC9549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9549
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 5.96, 44.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 45.31, 82.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0144 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.105 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6908, 32.6694, 10.8860)
Luminance	0.3267 (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

#BC9549 #4970BC

analogous

#BC5B49 #BC9549 #A9BC49

triadic

#BC9549 #49BC95 #9549BC

tetradic

#BC9549 #49BC5B #4970BC #BC49A9

square

#BC9549 #49BC5B #4970BC #BC49A9

split-complementary

#BC9549 #49A9BC #5B49BC

monochromatic

#655025 #927336 #BC9549 #CCAF76 #DDC9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#BC9549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9549

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9549	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)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b37e',
    500: '#bc9549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9549;
$custom-light: #d3b37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69095,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9549

secondary

#97A8CA

accent

#7FD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9549

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

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