#BC9565#BC9565

#BC9565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.079 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9565
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, 8.40, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 31.98, 74.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% 0.025 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.079 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8368, 33.1277, 16.9214)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9565 #658CBC

analogous

#BC6A65 #BC9565 #B8BC65

triadic

#BC9565 #65BC95 #9565BC

tetradic

#BC9565 #65BC6A #658CBC #BC65B8

square

#BC9565 #65BC6A #658CBC #BC65B8

split-complementary

#BC9565 #65B8BC #6A65BC

monochromatic

#745733 #9F7745 #BC9565 #CFB290 #E1D0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9565

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9565	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.079 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b491',
    500: '#bc9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9565;
$custom-light: #d2b491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69507,
    "c": 0.07948,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9565

secondary

#ADBDD0

accent

#8ECF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9565

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →