#BC9359#BC9359

#BC9359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.090 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9359
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(35, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 8.34, 36.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 37.33, 77.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0235 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.09 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9774, 32.2821, 13.9434)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9359 #5982BC

analogous

#BC6259 #BC9359 #B3BC59

triadic

#BC9359 #59BC93 #9359BC

tetradic

#BC9359 #59BC62 #5982BC #BC59B3

square

#BC9359 #59BC62 #5982BC #BC59B3

split-complementary

#BC9359 #59B3BC #6259BC

monochromatic

#6E532C #9A743E #BC9359 #CEAF85 #DFCCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BC9359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9359

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9359	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.090 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b289',
    500: '#bc9359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9359;
$custom-light: #d3b289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.152,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6891,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9359

secondary

#A3B5CD

accent

#89D256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9359

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

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