#BC9357#BC9357

#BC9357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.092 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9357
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 8.17, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 38.29, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0227 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.092 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8946, 32.2490, 13.5071)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9357 #5780BC

analogous

#BC6157 #BC9357 #B3BC57

triadic

#BC9357 #57BC93 #9357BC

tetradic

#BC9357 #57BC61 #5780BC #BC57B3

square

#BC9357 #57BC61 #5780BC #BC57B3

split-complementary

#BC9357 #57B3BC #6157BC

monochromatic

#6D522C #99743D #BC9357 #CDAF83 #DFCBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#BC9357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9357

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9357	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)

#A39452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.092 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b287',
    500: '#bc9357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9357;
$custom-light: #d3b287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.644,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6888,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9357

secondary

#A2B3CD

accent

#88D355

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9357

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

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