#BC9157#BC9157

#BC9157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.092 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9157
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 9.27, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 37.93, 75.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0259 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.092 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5863, 31.6324, 13.4043)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9157 #5782BC

analogous

#BC5F57 #BC9157 #B5BC57

triadic

#BC9157 #57BC91 #9157BC

tetradic

#BC9157 #57BC5F #5782BC #BC57B5

square

#BC9157 #57BC5F #5782BC #BC57B5

split-complementary

#BC9157 #57B5BC #5F57BC

monochromatic

#6D512C #99723D #BC9157 #CDAE83 #DFCAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#BC9157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC9157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9157

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9157	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.092 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b187',
    500: '#bc9157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9157;
$custom-light: #d3b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.455,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6848,
    "c": 0.09162,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9157

secondary

#A2B4CD

accent

#8BD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9157

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

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