#BC9751#BC9751

#BC9751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.099 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9751
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 5.47, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 42.00, 82.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.014 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.099 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2924, 33.4206, 12.4803)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9751 #5176BC

analogous

#BC6151 #BC9751 #ACBC51

triadic

#BC9751 #51BC97 #9751BC

tetradic

#BC9751 #51BC61 #5176BC #BC51AC

square

#BC9751 #51BC61 #5176BC #BC51AC

split-complementary

#BC9751 #51ACBC #6151BC

monochromatic

#6A5329 #96763A #BC9751 #CDB17D #DECCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#BC9751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9751

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9751	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.099 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b584',
    500: '#bc9751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9751;
$custom-light: #d3b584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.252,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69602,
    "c": 0.09901,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9751

secondary

#9DADCC

accent

#80D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9751

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

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