#BC9156#BC9156

#BC9156 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.093 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9156
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 9.18, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 38.40, 76.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0256 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.093 74)
XYZ	xyz(32.5457, 31.6161, 13.1906)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9156 #5681BC

analogous

#BC5E56 #BC9156 #B4BC56

triadic

#BC9156 #56BC91 #9156BC

tetradic

#BC9156 #56BC5E #5681BC #BC56B4

square

#BC9156 #56BC5E #5681BC #BC56B4

split-complementary

#BC9156 #56B4BC #5E56BC

monochromatic

#6D512B #98723C #BC9156 #CDAE82 #DFCAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#BC9156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9156

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9156	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.093 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b187',
    500: '#bc9156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9156;
$custom-light: #d3b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.706,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68465,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.31614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9156

secondary

#A1B3CD

accent

#8AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9156

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

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