#BC9562#BC9562

#BC9562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.082 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9562
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 98)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 8.10, 32.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 33.41, 75.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% 0.0238 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.082 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6924, 33.0700, 16.1614)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9562 #6289BC

analogous

#BC6862 #BC9562 #B6BC62

triadic

#BC9562 #62BC95 #9562BC

tetradic

#BC9562 #62BC68 #6289BC #BC62B6

square

#BC9562 #62BC68 #6289BC #BC62B6

split-complementary

#BC9562 #62B6BC #6862BC

monochromatic

#735631 #9E7643 #BC9562 #CEB28D #E1CFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#BC9562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9562

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9562	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)

#A3965E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.082 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b48f',
    500: '#bc9562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9562;
$custom-light: #d2b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69455,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9562

secondary

#AABACF

accent

#8CD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9562

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

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