#BC9552#BC9552

#BC9552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.097 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9552
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 82)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, 6.65, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 41.08, 80.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% 0.0176 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.097 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0111, 32.7975, 12.5728)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9552 #5279BC

analogous

#BC6052 #BC9552 #AEBC52

triadic

#BC9552 #52BC95 #9552BC

tetradic

#BC9552 #52BC60 #5279BC #BC52AE

square

#BC9552 #52BC60 #5279BC #BC52AE

split-complementary

#BC9552 #52AEBC #6052BC

monochromatic

#6A5229 #97753A #BC9552 #CDB07E #DECBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#BC9552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9552

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9552	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.097 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b484',
    500: '#bc9552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9552;
$custom-light: #d3b484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.925,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69211,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9552

secondary

#9EAFCC

accent

#83D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9552

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

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