#BC9947#BC9947

#BC9947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.109 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9947
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, 3.64, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 47.18, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0074 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.109 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2693, 33.9307, 10.7570)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9947 #476ABC

analogous

#BC5E47 #BC9947 #A5BC47

triadic

#BC9947 #47BC99 #9947BC

tetradic

#BC9947 #47BC5E #476ABC #BC47A5

square

#BC9947 #47BC5E #476ABC #BC47A5

split-complementary

#BC9947 #47A5BC #5E47BC

monochromatic

#645124 #917535 #BC9947 #CCB274 #DDCBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC9947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9947

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9947	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9983F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.109 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67d',
    500: '#bc9947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9947;
$custom-light: #d3b67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69886,
    "c": 0.10873,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9947

secondary

#95A5C9

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9947

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

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