#BC9D48#BC9D48

#BC9D48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D48
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 1.54, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 47.77, 88.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% 0.0014 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.11 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9673, 35.2751, 11.1493)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D48 #4867BC

analogous

#BC6348 #BC9D48 #A1BC48

triadic

#BC9D48 #48BC9D #9D48BC

tetradic

#BC9D48 #48BC63 #4867BC #BC48A1

square

#BC9D48 #48BC63 #4867BC #BC48A1

split-complementary

#BC9D48 #48A1BC #6348BC

monochromatic

#655425 #927935 #BC9D48 #CCB575 #DDCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#BC9D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#BC9D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D48

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D48	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b97e',
    500: '#bc9d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d48;
$custom-light: #d3b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.966,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7072,
    "c": 0.11014,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D48

secondary

#96A4CA

accent

#75D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D48

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

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