#BC9557#BC9557

#BC9557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.093 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9557
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 7.07, 38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 38.68, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0195 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.093 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2083, 32.8764, 13.6116)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9557 #577EBC

analogous

#BC6357 #BC9557 #B1BC57

triadic

#BC9557 #57BC95 #9557BC

tetradic

#BC9557 #57BC63 #577EBC #BC57B1

square

#BC9557 #57BC63 #577EBC #BC57B1

split-complementary

#BC9557 #57B1BC #6357BC

monochromatic

#6D542C #99753D #BC9557 #CDB183 #DFCCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC9557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#BC9557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9557

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9557	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	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)

#A49652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.093 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b488',
    500: '#bc9557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9557;
$custom-light: #d3b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69282,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9557

secondary

#A2B2CD

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9557

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

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