#BC9753#BC9753

#BC9753 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.097 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9753
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, 5.64, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 41.04, 82.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% 0.0148 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.097 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3685, 33.4511, 12.8811)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9753 #5378BC

analogous

#BC6253 #BC9753 #ACBC53

triadic

#BC9753 #53BC97 #9753BC

tetradic

#BC9753 #53BC62 #5378BC #BC53AC

square

#BC9753 #53BC62 #5378BC #BC53AC

split-complementary

#BC9753 #53ACBC #6253BC

monochromatic

#6B542A #97773B #BC9753 #CDB27F #DECCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC9753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9753

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9753	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7974D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.097 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b585',
    500: '#bc9753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9753;
$custom-light: #d3b585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69629,
    "c": 0.09719,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9753

secondary

#9FAFCC

accent

#81D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9753

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

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