#BC9C48#BC9C48

#BC9C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.110 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C48
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 2.08, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 47.50, 87.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.003 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.11 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7988, 34.9381, 11.0931)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C48 #4868BC

analogous

#BC6248 #BC9C48 #A2BC48

triadic

#BC9C48 #48BC9C #9C48BC

tetradic

#BC9C48 #48BC62 #4868BC #BC48A2

square

#BC9C48 #48BC62 #4868BC #BC48A2

split-complementary

#BC9C48 #48A2BC #6248BC

monochromatic

#655325 #927835 #BC9C48 #CCB475 #DDCCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#BC9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C48

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C48	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.110 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b87e',
    500: '#bc9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c48;
$custom-light: #d3b87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C48

secondary

#96A4CA

accent

#76D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C48

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

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