#BC9845#BC9845

#BC9845 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.110 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9845
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, 4.04, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 47.85, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0083 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.11 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0432, 33.5795, 10.3701)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9845 #4569BC

analogous

#BC5C45 #BC9845 #A4BC45

triadic

#BC9845 #45BC98 #9845BC

tetradic

#BC9845 #45BC5C #4569BC #BC45A4

square

#BC9845 #45BC5C #4569BC #BC45A4

split-complementary

#BC9845 #45A4BC #5C45BC

monochromatic

#635024 #907434 #BC9845 #CCB172 #DCCA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC9845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9845

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9845	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9973C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.110 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67c',
    500: '#bc9845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9845;
$custom-light: #d3b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.10988,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9845

secondary

#94A4C9

accent

#7AD751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9845

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

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