#BC9848#BC9848

#BC9848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9848
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, 4.25, 46.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 46.47, 84.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% 0.0093 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.107 85)
XYZ	xyz(33.1387, 33.6177, 10.8731)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9848 #486CBC

analogous

#BC5E48 #BC9848 #A6BC48

triadic

#BC9848 #48BC98 #9848BC

tetradic

#BC9848 #48BC5E #486CBC #BC48A6

square

#BC9848 #48BC5E #486CBC #BC48A6

split-complementary

#BC9848 #48A6BC #5E48BC

monochromatic

#655125 #927535 #BC9848 #CCB175 #DDCAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#BC9848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9848

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9848	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)

#A89740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67e',
    500: '#bc9848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9848;
$custom-light: #d3b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69693,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.33616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9848

secondary

#96A6CA

accent

#7BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9848

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

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