#BC9356#BC9356

#BC9356 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9356
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 8.08, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 38.76, 77.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% 0.0223 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.093 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8540, 32.2327, 13.2934)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9356 #567FBC

analogous

#BC6056 #BC9356 #B2BC56

triadic

#BC9356 #56BC93 #9356BC

tetradic

#BC9356 #56BC60 #567FBC #BC56B2

square

#BC9356 #56BC60 #567FBC #BC56B2

split-complementary

#BC9356 #56B2BC #6056BC

monochromatic

#6D522B #98733C #BC9356 #CDAF82 #DFCBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BC9356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9356

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9356	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b287',
    500: '#bc9356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9356;
$custom-light: #d3b287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.882,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68865,
    "c": 0.09302,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9356

secondary

#A1B3CD

accent

#88D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5EF

border

#D3CFCA

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9356

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

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