#BC9256#BC9256

#BC9256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9256
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 8.63, 37.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 38.58, 77.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0239 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.093 75)
XYZ	xyz(32.6992, 31.9231, 13.2418)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9256 #5680BC

analogous

#BC5F56 #BC9256 #B3BC56

triadic

#BC9256 #56BC92 #9256BC

tetradic

#BC9256 #56BC5F #5680BC #BC56B3

square

#BC9256 #56BC5F #5680BC #BC56B3

split-complementary

#BC9256 #56B3BC #5F56BC

monochromatic

#6D522B #98733C #BC9256 #CDAE82 #DFCBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC9256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#BC9256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9256

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9256	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A29351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b187',
    500: '#bc9256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9256;
$custom-light: #d3b187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68665,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.31921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9256

secondary

#A1B3CD

accent

#89D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9256

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

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