#BC9849#BC9849

#BC9849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.107 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9849
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 4.32, 45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 46.01, 84.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% 0.0096 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.107 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1715, 33.6309, 11.0463)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9849 #496DBC

analogous

#BC5E49 #BC9849 #A7BC49

triadic

#BC9849 #49BC98 #9849BC

tetradic

#BC9849 #49BC5E #496DBC #BC49A7

square

#BC9849 #49BC5E #496DBC #BC49A7

split-complementary

#BC9849 #49A7BC #5E49BC

monochromatic

#655125 #927536 #BC9849 #CCB176 #DDCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#BC9849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#BC9849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9849

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9849	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.107 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67e',
    500: '#bc9849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9849;
$custom-light: #d3b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.217,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69705,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9849

secondary

#97A7CA

accent

#7BD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9849

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

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