#BC953A#BC953A

#BC953A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC953A
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, 5.00, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 52.01, 84.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% 0.0097 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.117 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2521, 32.4939, 8.5754)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC953A #3A61BC

analogous

#BC543A #BC953A #A2BC3A

triadic

#BC953A #3ABC95 #953ABC

tetradic

#BC953A #3ABC54 #3A61BC #BC3AA2

square

#BC953A #3ABC54 #3A61BC #BC3AA2

split-complementary

#BC953A #3AA2BC #543ABC

monochromatic

#5E4B1D #8D702C #BC953A #CFAF64 #DEC793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC953A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC953A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC953A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC953A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC953A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc953a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b375',
    500: '#bc953a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc953a;
$custom-light: #d4b375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc953a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC953A

secondary

#899CC9

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC953A

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

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