#BC9656#BC9656

#BC9656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.094 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9656
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, 6.44, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 39.38, 80.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0175 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.094 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3266, 33.1779, 13.4509)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9656 #567CBC

analogous

#BC6356 #BC9656 #AFBC56

triadic

#BC9656 #56BC96 #9656BC

tetradic

#BC9656 #56BC63 #567CBC #BC56AF

square

#BC9656 #56BC63 #567CBC #BC56AF

split-complementary

#BC9656 #56AFBC #6356BC

monochromatic

#6D542B #98763C #BC9656 #CDB182 #DFCCAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9656

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9656	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)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.094 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b487',
    500: '#bc9656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9656;
$custom-light: #d3b487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69469,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9656

secondary

#A1B1CD

accent

#84D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9656

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

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