#BC9554#BC9554

#BC9554 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.095 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9554
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 84)
HSL	hsl(38, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, 6.81, 39.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 40.12, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0183 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.095 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0883, 32.8284, 12.9795)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9554 #547BBC

analogous

#BC6154 #BC9554 #AFBC54

triadic

#BC9554 #54BC95 #9554BC

tetradic

#BC9554 #54BC61 #547BBC #BC54AF

square

#BC9554 #54BC61 #547BBC #BC54AF

split-complementary

#BC9554 #54AFBC #6154BC

monochromatic

#6B532A #97753B #BC9554 #CDB080 #DECCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BC9554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9554

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9554	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.095 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b486',
    500: '#bc9554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9554;
$custom-light: #d3b486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69238,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9554

secondary

#A0B0CC

accent

#84D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9554

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

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