#BC9159#BC9159

#BC9159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.090 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9159
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(34, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 9.44, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 36.99, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0267 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.09 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6691, 31.6655, 13.8406)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9159 #5984BC

analogous

#BC6059 #BC9159 #B6BC59

triadic

#BC9159 #59BC91 #9159BC

tetradic

#BC9159 #59BC60 #5984BC #BC59B6

square

#BC9159 #59BC60 #5984BC #BC59B6

split-complementary

#BC9159 #59B6BC #6059BC

monochromatic

#6E522C #9A723E #BC9159 #CEAE85 #DFCBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#BC9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#BC9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9159

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9159	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.090 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b189',
    500: '#bc9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9159;
$custom-light: #d3b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.939,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68511,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9159

secondary

#A3B6CD

accent

#8CD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9159

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

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