#BC953D#BC953D

#BC953D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.115 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC953D
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, 5.17, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 50.72, 84.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.0105 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.115 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3306, 32.5253, 8.9891)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC953D #3D64BC

analogous

#BC563D #BC953D #A4BC3D

triadic

#BC953D #3DBC95 #953DBC

tetradic

#BC953D #3DBC56 #3D64BC #BC3DA4

square

#BC953D #3DBC56 #3D64BC #BC3DA4

split-complementary

#BC953D #3DA4BC #563DBC

monochromatic

#604C1F #8E702E #BC953D #CEAF68 #DDC796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#BC953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#BC953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC953D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC953D	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)

#A69533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.115 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4b377',
    500: '#bc953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc953d;
$custom-light: #d4b377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.575,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68965,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC953D

secondary

#8C9FC9

accent

#79DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC953D

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

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