#BC9561#BC9561

#BC9561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.083 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9561
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 8.00, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 33.89, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0234 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.083 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6455, 33.0513, 15.9143)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9561 #6188BC

analogous

#BC6761 #BC9561 #B5BC61

triadic

#BC9561 #61BC95 #9561BC

tetradic

#BC9561 #61BC67 #6188BC #BC61B5

square

#BC9561 #61BC67 #6188BC #BC61B5

split-complementary

#BC9561 #61B5BC #6761BC

monochromatic

#725630 #9D7643 #BC9561 #CEB28C #E0CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BC9561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9561

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9561	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.083 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b48e',
    500: '#bc9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9561;
$custom-light: #d2b48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69439,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9561

secondary

#AABACF

accent

#8BD057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9561

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

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