#BC9658#BC9658

#BC9658 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.092 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9658
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 88)
HSL	hsl(37, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 6.61, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 38.42, 80.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.0182 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.092 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4083, 33.2106, 13.8812)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9658 #587EBC

analogous

#BC6458 #BC9658 #B0BC58

triadic

#BC9658 #58BC96 #9658BC

tetradic

#BC9658 #58BC64 #587EBC #BC58B0

square

#BC9658 #58BC64 #587EBC #BC58B0

split-complementary

#BC9658 #58B0BC #6458BC

monochromatic

#6E552C #99763E #BC9658 #CEB184 #DFCDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9658

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9658	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)

#A59653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.092 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b488',
    500: '#bc9658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9658;
$custom-light: #d3b488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69498,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9658

secondary

#A3B3CD

accent

#85D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9658

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

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