#BC9253#BC9253

#BC9253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9253
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 8.38, 39.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 40.00, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% 0.0228 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.095 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5809, 31.8757, 12.6185)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9253 #537DBC

analogous

#BC5D53 #BC9253 #B1BC53

triadic

#BC9253 #53BC92 #9253BC

tetradic

#BC9253 #53BC5D #537DBC #BC53B1

square

#BC9253 #53BC5D #537DBC #BC53B1

split-complementary

#BC9253 #53B1BC #5D53BC

monochromatic

#6B512A #97723B #BC9253 #CDAE7F #DECAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#BC9253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9253

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9253	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)

#A2934E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b185',
    500: '#bc9253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9253;
$custom-light: #d3b185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68622,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9253

secondary

#9FB1CC

accent

#87D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9253

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

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