#BC9259#BC9259

#BC9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.090 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9259
RGB	rgb(188, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 8.89, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 37.15, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0251 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.09 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8226, 31.9724, 13.8918)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9259 #5983BC

analogous

#BC6159 #BC9259 #B5BC59

triadic

#BC9259 #59BC92 #9259BC

tetradic

#BC9259 #59BC61 #5983BC #BC59B5

square

#BC9259 #59BC61 #5983BC #BC59B5

split-complementary

#BC9259 #59B5BC #6159BC

monochromatic

#6E522C #9A733E #BC9259 #CEAF85 #DFCBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#BC9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#BC9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9259

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9259	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)

#A19354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.090 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b189',
    500: '#bc9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9259;
$custom-light: #d3b189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6871,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9259

secondary

#A3B5CD

accent

#8AD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9259

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

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