#BC9351#BC9351

#BC9351 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.098 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9351
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 7.66, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 41.14, 79.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% 0.0205 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.098 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6596, 32.1549, 12.2693)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9351 #517ABC

analogous

#BC5D51 #BC9351 #B0BC51

triadic

#BC9351 #51BC93 #9351BC

tetradic

#BC9351 #51BC5D #517ABC #BC51B0

square

#BC9351 #51BC5D #517ABC #BC51B0

split-complementary

#BC9351 #51B0BC #5D51BC

monochromatic

#6A5129 #96733A #BC9351 #CDAE7D #DECAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#BC9351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#BC9351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9351

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9351	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.098 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b283',
    500: '#bc9351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9351;
$custom-light: #d3b283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.009,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68794,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9351

secondary

#9DAFCC

accent

#85D454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9351

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

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