#BC9649#BC9649

#BC9649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.106 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9649
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 5.41, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 45.54, 83.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0128 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.106 83)
XYZ	xyz(32.8497, 32.9871, 10.9390)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9649 #496FBC

analogous

#BC5C49 #BC9649 #A8BC49

triadic

#BC9649 #49BC96 #9649BC

tetradic

#BC9649 #49BC5C #496FBC #BC49A8

square

#BC9649 #49BC5C #496FBC #BC49A8

split-complementary

#BC9649 #49A8BC #5C49BC

monochromatic

#655025 #927436 #BC9649 #CCB076 #DDCAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#BC9649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9649

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9649	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.106 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b47e',
    500: '#bc9649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9649;
$custom-light: #d3b47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69298,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.32985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9649

secondary

#97A8CA

accent

#7ED652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9649

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

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