#BC9945#BC9945

#BC9945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.110 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9945
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 63.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 3.50, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 48.09, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0067 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.11 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2062, 33.9055, 10.4245)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9945 #4568BC

analogous

#BC5D45 #BC9945 #A3BC45

triadic

#BC9945 #45BC99 #9945BC

tetradic

#BC9945 #45BC5D #4568BC #BC45A3

square

#BC9945 #45BC5D #4568BC #BC45A3

split-complementary

#BC9945 #45A3BC #5D45BC

monochromatic

#635024 #907534 #BC9945 #CCB272 #DCCA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC9945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9945

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9945	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA983C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.110 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67c',
    500: '#bc9945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9945;
$custom-light: #d3b67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 47.036,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.11038,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9945

secondary

#94A3C9

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9945

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

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