#BC9949#BC9949

#BC9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.107 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9949
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 3.78, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 46.25, 85.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0081 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.107 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3345, 33.9568, 11.1006)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9949 #496CBC

analogous

#BC5F49 #BC9949 #A5BC49

triadic

#BC9949 #49BC99 #9949BC

tetradic

#BC9949 #49BC5F #496CBC #BC49A5

square

#BC9949 #49BC5F #496CBC #BC49A5

split-complementary

#BC9949 #49A5BC #5F49BC

monochromatic

#655225 #927636 #BC9949 #CCB276 #DDCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9949

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9949	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)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.107 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b67e',
    500: '#bc9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9949;
$custom-light: #d3b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9949

secondary

#97A6CA

accent

#7AD652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9949

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

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