#BC9053#BC9053

#BC9053 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.095 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9053
RGB	rgb(188, 144, 83)
HSL	hsl(35, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 9.48, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 39.64, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.0261 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.095 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2753, 31.2645, 12.5166)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9053 #537FBC

analogous

#BC5B53 #BC9053 #B3BC53

triadic

#BC9053 #53BC90 #9053BC

tetradic

#BC9053 #53BC5B #537FBC #BC53B3

square

#BC9053 #53BC5B #537FBC #BC53B3

split-complementary

#BC9053 #53B3BC #5B53BC

monochromatic

#6B502A #97703B #BC9053 #CDAC7F #DEC9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#BC9053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#BC9053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9053

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9053	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)

#A0924E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 144, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.095 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b085',
    500: '#bc9053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9053;
$custom-light: #d3b085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68222,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9053

secondary

#9FB2CC

accent

#8AD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9053

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

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