#BC9846#BC9846

#BC9846 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.109 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9846
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, 4.11, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 47.39, 85.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0086 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.109 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0745, 33.5920, 10.5350)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9846 #466ABC

analogous

#BC5D46 #BC9846 #A5BC46

triadic

#BC9846 #46BC98 #9846BC

tetradic

#BC9846 #46BC5D #466ABC #BC46A5

square

#BC9846 #46BC5D #466ABC #BC46A5

split-complementary

#BC9846 #46A5BC #5D46BC

monochromatic

#645024 #907434 #BC9846 #CCB173 #DDCAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC9846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9846

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9846	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)

#A9973D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.109 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67c',
    500: '#bc9846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9846;
$custom-light: #d3b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.695,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69671,
    "c": 0.10905,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9846

secondary

#95A5C9

accent

#7AD651

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9846

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

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