#BC9251#BC9251

#BC9251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.097 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9251
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, 8.21, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 40.94, 78.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0221 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.097 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5048, 31.8453, 12.2177)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9251 #517BBC

analogous

#BC5D51 #BC9251 #B0BC51

triadic

#BC9251 #51BC92 #9251BC

tetradic

#BC9251 #51BC5D #517BBC #BC51B0

square

#BC9251 #51BC5D #517BBC #BC51B0

split-complementary

#BC9251 #51B0BC #5D51BC

monochromatic

#6A5029 #96723A #BC9251 #CDAE7D #DEC9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC9251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9251

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9251	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)

#A2934B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.097 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b183',
    500: '#bc9251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9251;
$custom-light: #d3b183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.449,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68594,
    "c": 0.09721,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9251

secondary

#9DAFCC

accent

#86D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9251

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

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