#BC9456#BC9456

#BC9456 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.093 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9456
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, 7.53, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 38.96, 78.85°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0207 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.093 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0102, 32.5451, 13.3454)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9456 #567EBC

analogous

#BC6156 #BC9456 #B1BC56

triadic

#BC9456 #56BC94 #9456BC

tetradic

#BC9456 #56BC61 #567EBC #BC56B1

square

#BC9456 #56BC61 #567EBC #BC56B1

split-complementary

#BC9456 #56B1BC #6156BC

monochromatic

#6D532B #98743C #BC9456 #CDB082 #DFCBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BC9456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9456

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9456	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.093 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b387',
    500: '#bc9456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9456;
$custom-light: #d3b387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.471,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69066,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9456

secondary

#A1B2CD

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9456

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

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