#BC9252#BC9252

#BC9252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.096 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9252
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 8.29, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 40.47, 78.18°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0224 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.096 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5425, 31.8604, 12.4166)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9252 #527CBC

analogous

#BC5D52 #BC9252 #B1BC52

triadic

#BC9252 #52BC92 #9252BC

tetradic

#BC9252 #52BC5D #527CBC #BC52B1

square

#BC9252 #52BC5D #527CBC #BC52B1

split-complementary

#BC9252 #52B1BC #5D52BC

monochromatic

#6A5129 #97723A #BC9252 #CDAE7E #DECAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC9252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9252

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9252	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)

#A2934C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.096 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b184',
    500: '#bc9252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9252;
$custom-light: #d3b184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68607,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9252

secondary

#9EB0CC

accent

#87D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9252

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

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