#BC955C#BC955C

#BC955C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC955C
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 92)
HSL	hsl(36, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(36, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, 7.52, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 36.28, 78.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0214 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.088 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.4197, 32.9609, 14.7250)
Luminance	0.3296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC955C #5C83BC

analogous

#BC655C #BC955C #B3BC5C

triadic

#BC955C #5CBC95 #955CBC

tetradic

#BC955C #5CBC65 #5C83BC #BC5CB3

square

#BC955C #5CBC65 #5C83BC #BC5CB3

split-complementary

#BC955C #5CB3BC #655CBC

monochromatic

#70552E #9B7640 #BC955C #CEB187 #E0CDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#BC955C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#BC955C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC955C

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC955C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC955C	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc955c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b48b',
    500: '#bc955c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc955c;
$custom-light: #d2b48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc955c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69358,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC955C

secondary

#A6B6CE

accent

#88D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC955C

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

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