#BC953B#BC953B

#BC953B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.116 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC953B
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 68.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 5.06, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 51.58, 84.37°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% 0.01 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.116 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2777, 32.5041, 8.7107)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC953B #3B62BC

analogous

#BC543B #BC953B #A2BC3B

triadic

#BC953B #3BBC95 #953BBC

tetradic

#BC953B #3BBC54 #3B62BC #BC3BA2

square

#BC953B #3BBC54 #3B62BC #BC3BA2

split-complementary

#BC953B #3BA2BC #543BBC

monochromatic

#5F4B1E #8D702C #BC953B #CFAF65 #DDC794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC953B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC953B	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)

#A79430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.116 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b375',
    500: '#bc953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc953b;
$custom-light: #d4b375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 52.227,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68946,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC953B

secondary

#8A9DC9

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC953B

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

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