#BC9255#BC9255

#BC9255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.094 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9255
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 8.54, 38.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 39.05, 77.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0236 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.094 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6592, 31.9071, 13.0311)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9255 #557FBC

analogous

#BC5E55 #BC9255 #B2BC55

triadic

#BC9255 #55BC92 #9255BC

tetradic

#BC9255 #55BC5E #557FBC #BC55B2

square

#BC9255 #55BC5E #557FBC #BC55B2

split-complementary

#BC9255 #55B2BC #5E55BC

monochromatic

#6C512B #98723C #BC9255 #CDAE81 #DFCAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BC9255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9255

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9255	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.094 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b186',
    500: '#bc9255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9255;
$custom-light: #d3b186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6865,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9255

secondary

#A0B2CC

accent

#88D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9255

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

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