#BC9563#BC9563

#BC9563 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.081 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9563
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 99)
HSL	hsl(34, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 8.20, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 32.93, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0242 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.081 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7400, 33.0890, 16.4116)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9563 #638ABC

analogous

#BC6963 #BC9563 #B7BC63

triadic

#BC9563 #63BC95 #9563BC

tetradic

#BC9563 #63BC69 #638ABC #BC63B7

square

#BC9563 #63BC69 #638ABC #BC63B7

split-complementary

#BC9563 #63B7BC #6963BC

monochromatic

#735631 #9E7644 #BC9563 #CEB28E #E1CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC9563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9563

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9563	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3965F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.081 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b490',
    500: '#bc9563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9563;
$custom-light: #d2b490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.708,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69472,
    "c": 0.08139,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9563

secondary

#ABBBD0

accent

#8CD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9563

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

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