#BC9A48#BC9A48

#BC9A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.108 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9A48
RGB	rgb(188, 154, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 3.16, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 46.97, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% 0.0061 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.108 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4660, 34.2724, 10.9822)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9A48 #486ABC

analogous

#BC6048 #BC9A48 #A4BC48

triadic

#BC9A48 #48BC9A #9A48BC

tetradic

#BC9A48 #48BC60 #486ABC #BC48A4

square

#BC9A48 #48BC60 #486ABC #BC48A4

split-complementary

#BC9A48 #48A4BC #6048BC

monochromatic

#655225 #927635 #BC9A48 #CCB375 #DDCBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC9A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9A48

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9A48	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 154, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.108 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b77e',
    500: '#bc9a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9a48;
$custom-light: #d3b77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.414,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70103,
    "c": 0.10841,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9A48

secondary

#96A5CA

accent

#79D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9A48

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

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