#BC9E48#BC9E48

#BC9E48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E48
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 1.00, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 48.05, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.0001 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.111 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1372, 35.6148, 11.2059)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E48 #4866BC

analogous

#BC6448 #BC9E48 #A0BC48

triadic

#BC9E48 #48BC9E #9E48BC

tetradic

#BC9E48 #48BC64 #4866BC #BC48A0

square

#BC9E48 #48BC64 #4866BC #BC48A0

split-complementary

#BC9E48 #48A0BC #6448BC

monochromatic

#655425 #927A35 #BC9E48 #CCB675 #DDCDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E48

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E48	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba7e',
    500: '#bc9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e48;
$custom-light: #d3ba7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.483,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70927,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E48

secondary

#96A3CA

accent

#74D652

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FAF6EE

border

#D3D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E48

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

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