#BC9850#BC9850

#BC9850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.100 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9850
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, 4.85, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 42.71, 83.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0121 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.1 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.4168, 33.7290, 12.3381)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9850 #5074BC

analogous

#BC6250 #BC9850 #AABC50

triadic

#BC9850 #50BC98 #9850BC

tetradic

#BC9850 #50BC62 #5074BC #BC50AA

square

#BC9850 #50BC62 #5074BC #BC50AA

split-complementary

#BC9850 #50AABC #6250BC

monochromatic

#695428 #967739 #BC9850 #CDB27C #DECCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9850

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9850	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.100 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b683',
    500: '#bc9850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9850;
$custom-light: #d3b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9850

secondary

#9CACCB

accent

#7ED453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9850

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

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