#BC9051#BC9051

#BC9051 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.097 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9051
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 9.31, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 40.58, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0253 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.097 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1992, 31.2341, 12.1158)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9051 #517DBC

analogous

#BC5A51 #BC9051 #B2BC51

triadic

#BC9051 #51BC90 #9051BC

tetradic

#BC9051 #51BC5A #517DBC #BC51B2

square

#BC9051 #51BC5A #517DBC #BC51B2

split-complementary

#BC9051 #51B2BC #5A51BC

monochromatic

#6A4F29 #96703A #BC9051 #CDAC7D #DEC8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BC9051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BC9051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9051

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9051	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.097 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b083',
    500: '#bc9051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9051;
$custom-light: #d3b083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.327,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68194,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9051

secondary

#9DB0CC

accent

#88D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9051

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

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