#BC9564#BC9564

#BC9564 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.080 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9564
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 100)
HSL	hsl(33, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 46.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.25, 8.30, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.25, 32.46, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0246 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.08 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7881, 33.1083, 16.6650)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9564 #648BBC

analogous

#BC6964 #BC9564 #B7BC64

triadic

#BC9564 #64BC95 #9564BC

tetradic

#BC9564 #64BC69 #648BBC #BC64B7

square

#BC9564 #64BC69 #648BBC #BC64B7

split-complementary

#BC9564 #64B7BC #6964BC

monochromatic

#745732 #9E7744 #BC9564 #CEB28F #E1CFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#BC9564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#BC9564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9564

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9564	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)

#A39660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.080 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b491',
    500: '#bc9564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9564;
$custom-light: #d2b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.409,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6949,
    "c": 0.08043,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9564

secondary

#ACBCD0

accent

#8DD058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9564

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

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