#BC9648#BC9648

#BC9648 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9648
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 5.34, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 46.00, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0125 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.106 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8168, 32.9740, 10.7658)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9648 #486EBC

analogous

#BC5C48 #BC9648 #A8BC48

triadic

#BC9648 #48BC96 #9648BC

tetradic

#BC9648 #48BC5C #486EBC #BC48A8

square

#BC9648 #48BC5C #486EBC #BC48A8

split-complementary

#BC9648 #48A8BC #5C48BC

monochromatic

#655025 #927335 #BC9648 #CCB075 #DDC9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC9648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BC9648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9648

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9648	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)

#A79640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b47e',
    500: '#bc9648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9648;
$custom-light: #d3b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.345,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69286,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9648

secondary

#96A7CA

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9648

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

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