#BC9250#BC9250

#BC9250 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.098 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9250
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 8.13, 40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 41.41, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0217 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.098 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4675, 31.8304, 12.0217)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9250 #507ABC

analogous

#BC5C50 #BC9250 #B0BC50

triadic

#BC9250 #50BC92 #9250BC

tetradic

#BC9250 #50BC5C #507ABC #BC50B0

square

#BC9250 #50BC5C #507ABC #BC50B0

split-complementary

#BC9250 #50B0BC #5C50BC

monochromatic

#695028 #967239 #BC9250 #CDAE7C #DEC9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC9250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9250

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9250	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2934A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.098 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b183',
    500: '#bc9250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9250;
$custom-light: #d3b183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9250

secondary

#9CAFCB

accent

#86D453

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9250

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

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