#BC956D#BC956D

#BC956D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.072 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC956D
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 109)
HSL	hsl(30, 37%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(30, 42%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, 9.26, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 28.24, 70.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% 0.0282 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.072 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2480, 33.2922, 19.0872)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC956D #6D94BC

analogous

#BC6D6D #BC956D #BBBC6D

triadic

#BC956D #6DBC95 #956DBC

tetradic

#BC956D #6DBC6D #6D94BC #BC6DBB

square

#BC956D #6DBC6D #6D94BC #BC6DBB

split-complementary

#BC956D #6DBBBC #6D6DBC

monochromatic

#785837 #A2764A #BC956D #CFB397 #E3D2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#BC956D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#BC956D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC956D

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC956D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC956D	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2976A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc956d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.072 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b497',
    500: '#bc956d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc956d;
$custom-light: #d2b497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc956d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.38,
    "s": 37.089,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69654,
    "c": 0.0719,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC956D

secondary

#B3C2D2

accent

#93CD5B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC956D

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

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