#BC9459#BC9459

#BC9459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.091 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9459
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 7.80, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 37.52, 78.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0219 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.091 76)
XYZ	xyz(33.1336, 32.5944, 13.9954)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9459 #5981BC

analogous

#BC6359 #BC9459 #B2BC59

triadic

#BC9459 #59BC94 #9459BC

tetradic

#BC9459 #59BC63 #5981BC #BC59B2

square

#BC9459 #59BC63 #5981BC #BC59B2

split-complementary

#BC9459 #59B2BC #6359BC

monochromatic

#6E542C #9A753E #BC9459 #CEB085 #DFCCB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#BC9459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#BC9459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9459

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9459	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.091 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b389',
    500: '#bc9459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9459;
$custom-light: #d3b389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.758,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6911,
    "c": 0.09055,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.32592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9459

secondary

#A3B4CD

accent

#88D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9459

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

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