#BC9657#BC9657

#BC9657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9657
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, 6.52, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 38.90, 80.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0179 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.093 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3672, 33.1941, 13.6646)
Luminance	0.3319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9657 #577DBC

analogous

#BC6457 #BC9657 #B0BC57

triadic

#BC9657 #57BC96 #9657BC

tetradic

#BC9657 #57BC64 #577DBC #BC57B0

square

#BC9657 #57BC64 #577DBC #BC57B0

split-complementary

#BC9657 #57B0BC #6457BC

monochromatic

#6D542C #99763D #BC9657 #CDB183 #DFCDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9657

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9657	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)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b488',
    500: '#bc9657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9657;
$custom-light: #d3b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.426,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69483,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9657

secondary

#A2B2CD

accent

#84D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9657

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

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