#BC9B48#BC9B48

#BC9B48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.109 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B48
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 2.62, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 47.23, 86.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% 0.0046 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.109 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6317, 34.6039, 11.0374)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B48 #4869BC

analogous

#BC6148 #BC9B48 #A3BC48

triadic

#BC9B48 #48BC9B #9B48BC

tetradic

#BC9B48 #48BC61 #4869BC #BC48A3

square

#BC9B48 #48BC61 #4869BC #BC48A3

split-complementary

#BC9B48 #48A3BC #6148BC

monochromatic

#655325 #927735 #BC9B48 #CCB375 #DDCCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC9B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#BC9B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B48

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B48	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.109 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87e',
    500: '#bc9b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b48;
$custom-light: #d3b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.931,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70308,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B48

secondary

#96A5CA

accent

#77D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B48

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

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