#BC9569#BC9569

#BC9569 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.076 H 69.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9569
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 105)
HSL	hsl(32, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(32, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 8.82, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 30.10, 72.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0266 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.076 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0375, 33.2081, 17.9788)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9569 #6990BC

analogous

#BC6B69 #BC9569 #BABC69

triadic

#BC9569 #69BC95 #9569BC

tetradic

#BC9569 #69BC6B #6990BC #BC69BA

square

#BC9569 #69BC6B #6990BC #BC69BA

split-complementary

#BC9569 #69BABC #6B69BC

monochromatic

#765735 #A07748 #BC9569 #CFB393 #E2D1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9569 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9569

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9569	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39766

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.076 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b494',
    500: '#bc9569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9569;
$custom-light: #d2b494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.807,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69579,
    "c": 0.07567,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9569

secondary

#B0BFD1

accent

#90CE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9569

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

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