#BC9847#BC9847

#BC9847 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.108 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9847
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 4.18, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 46.93, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.009 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.108 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1063, 33.6048, 10.7026)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9847 #476BBC

analogous

#BC5D47 #BC9847 #A6BC47

triadic

#BC9847 #47BC98 #9847BC

tetradic

#BC9847 #47BC5D #476BBC #BC47A6

square

#BC9847 #47BC5D #476BBC #BC47A6

split-complementary

#BC9847 #47A6BC #5D47BC

monochromatic

#645124 #917535 #BC9847 #CCB174 #DDCAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC9847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9847

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9847	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)

#A9973F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.108 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67d',
    500: '#bc9847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9847;
$custom-light: #d3b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69682,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9847

secondary

#95A5C9

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9847

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

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