#BC9948#BC9948

#BC9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.108 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9948
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 3.71, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 46.72, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.0077 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.108 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3016, 33.9437, 10.9274)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9948 #486BBC

analogous

#BC5F48 #BC9948 #A5BC48

triadic

#BC9948 #48BC99 #9948BC

tetradic

#BC9948 #48BC5F #486BBC #BC48A5

square

#BC9948 #48BC5F #486BBC #BC48A5

split-complementary

#BC9948 #48A5BC #5F48BC

monochromatic

#655125 #927635 #BC9948 #CCB275 #DDCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9948

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9948	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)

#A99840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.108 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67e',
    500: '#bc9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9948;
$custom-light: #d3b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.897,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69898,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9948

secondary

#96A6CA

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9948

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

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