#BC9457#BC9457

#BC9457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.092 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9457
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 7.62, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 38.48, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0211 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.092 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0508, 32.5613, 13.5591)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9457 #577FBC

analogous

#BC6257 #BC9457 #B2BC57

triadic

#BC9457 #57BC94 #9457BC

tetradic

#BC9457 #57BC62 #577FBC #BC57B2

square

#BC9457 #57BC62 #577FBC #BC57B2

split-complementary

#BC9457 #57B2BC #6257BC

monochromatic

#6D532C #99743D #BC9457 #CDB083 #DFCCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC9457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#BC9457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9457

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9457	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)

#A49552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.092 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b388',
    500: '#bc9457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9457;
$custom-light: #d3b388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.238,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6908,
    "c": 0.0924,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9457

secondary

#A2B3CD

accent

#87D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9457

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

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