#BC9355#BC9355

#BC9355 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.094 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9355
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, 7.99, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 39.24, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0219 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.094 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8140, 32.2167, 13.0827)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9355 #557EBC

analogous

#BC5F55 #BC9355 #B1BC55

triadic

#BC9355 #55BC93 #9355BC

tetradic

#BC9355 #55BC5F #557EBC #BC55B1

square

#BC9355 #55BC5F #557EBC #BC55B1

split-complementary

#BC9355 #55B1BC #5F55BC

monochromatic

#6C522B #98733C #BC9355 #CDAF81 #DFCBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#BC9355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9355

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9355	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.094 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b286',
    500: '#bc9355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9355;
$custom-light: #d3b286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.117,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6885,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9355

secondary

#A0B2CC

accent

#87D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9355

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

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