#BC9550#BC9550

#BC9550 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.099 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9550
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 6.49, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 42.03, 81.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% 0.0169 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.099 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9361, 32.7675, 12.1778)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9550 #5077BC

analogous

#BC5F50 #BC9550 #ADBC50

triadic

#BC9550 #50BC95 #9550BC

tetradic

#BC9550 #50BC5F #5077BC #BC50AD

square

#BC9550 #50BC5F #5077BC #BC50AD

split-complementary

#BC9550 #50ADBC #5F50BC

monochromatic

#695228 #967439 #BC9550 #CDB07C #DECBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC9550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9550

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9550	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.099 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b483',
    500: '#bc9550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9550;
$custom-light: #d3b483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69183,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9550

secondary

#9CADCB

accent

#82D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9550

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

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