#BC9646#BC9646

#BC9646 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.108 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9646
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 70)
HSL	hsl(41, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 5.20, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 46.92, 83.64°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0118 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.108 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7526, 32.9483, 10.4277)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9646 #466CBC

analogous

#BC5B46 #BC9646 #A7BC46

triadic

#BC9646 #46BC96 #9646BC

tetradic

#BC9646 #46BC5B #466CBC #BC46A7

square

#BC9646 #46BC5B #466CBC #BC46A7

split-complementary

#BC9646 #46A7BC #5B46BC

monochromatic

#644F24 #907334 #BC9646 #CCAF73 #DDC9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC9646 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BC9646 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9646

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9646	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9646	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7963E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9646;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.108 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b47c',
    500: '#bc9646',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9646;
$custom-light: #d3b47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9646",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.678,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69263,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9646

secondary

#95A6C9

accent

#7CD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9646

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

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