#BC953C#BC953C

#BC953C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC953C
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 60)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 5.11, 50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 51.15, 84.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0102 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.115 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3039, 32.5146, 8.8486)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC953C #3C63BC

analogous

#BC553C #BC953C #A3BC3C

triadic

#BC953C #3CBC95 #953CBC

tetradic

#BC953C #3CBC55 #3C63BC #BC3CA3

square

#BC953C #3CBC55 #3C63BC #BC3CA3

split-complementary

#BC953C #3CA3BC #553CBC

monochromatic

#5F4B1E #8E702D #BC953C #CEAF67 #DDC795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC953C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC953C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC953C

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC953C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC953C	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)

#A69531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc953c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b376',
    500: '#bc953c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc953c;
$custom-light: #d4b376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc953c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68955,
    "c": 0.11547,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC953C

secondary

#8B9EC9

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC953C

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

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