#BC9558#BC9558

#BC9558 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.092 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9558
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 88)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, 7.16, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 38.20, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% 0.0199 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.092 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2494, 32.8928, 13.8283)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9558 #587FBC

analogous

#BC6358 #BC9558 #B1BC58

triadic

#BC9558 #58BC95 #9558BC

tetradic

#BC9558 #58BC63 #587FBC #BC58B1

square

#BC9558 #58BC63 #587FBC #BC58B1

split-complementary

#BC9558 #58B1BC #6358BC

monochromatic

#6E542C #99753E #BC9558 #CEB184 #DFCCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC9558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#BC9558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9558

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9558	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.092 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b488',
    500: '#bc9558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9558;
$custom-light: #d3b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.6,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69296,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9558

secondary

#A3B3CD

accent

#86D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9558

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

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