#BC9258#BC9258

#BC9258 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.091 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9258
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 88)
HSL	hsl(35, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 8.80, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 37.63, 76.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0247 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.091 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7809, 31.9558, 13.6721)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9258 #5882BC

analogous

#BC6058 #BC9258 #B4BC58

triadic

#BC9258 #58BC92 #9258BC

tetradic

#BC9258 #58BC60 #5882BC #BC58B4

square

#BC9258 #58BC60 #5882BC #BC58B4

split-complementary

#BC9258 #58B4BC #6058BC

monochromatic

#6E522C #99733E #BC9258 #CEAF84 #DFCBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC9258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#BC9258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9258

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9258	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.091 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b188',
    500: '#bc9258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9258;
$custom-light: #d3b188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.8,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68695,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9258

secondary

#A3B4CD

accent

#8AD355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9258

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

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