#BC9749#BC9749

#BC9749 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.106 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9749
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.41, 4.87, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.41, 45.77, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0112 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.106 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0099, 33.3076, 10.9924)
Luminance	0.3331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9749 #496EBC

analogous

#BC5D49 #BC9749 #A7BC49

triadic

#BC9749 #49BC97 #9749BC

tetradic

#BC9749 #49BC5D #496EBC #BC49A7

square

#BC9749 #49BC5D #496EBC #BC49A7

split-complementary

#BC9749 #49A7BC #5D49BC

monochromatic

#655125 #927436 #BC9749 #CCB176 #DDCAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC9749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC9749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9749

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9749	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.106 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b57e',
    500: '#bc9749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9749;
$custom-light: #d3b57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69501,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9749

secondary

#97A7CA

accent

#7CD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9749

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

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