#BC9851#BC9851

#BC9851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9851
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 56.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, 4.93, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 42.24, 83.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% 0.0124 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.099 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4540, 33.7439, 12.5341)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9851 #5175BC

analogous

#BC6251 #BC9851 #AABC51

triadic

#BC9851 #51BC98 #9851BC

tetradic

#BC9851 #51BC62 #5175BC #BC51AA

square

#BC9851 #51BC62 #5175BC #BC51AA

split-complementary

#BC9851 #51AABC #6251BC

monochromatic

#6A5429 #96773A #BC9851 #CDB27D #DECCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9851

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9851	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)

#A8984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b684',
    500: '#bc9851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9851;
$custom-light: #d3b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.813,
    "s": 44.398,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69805,
    "c": 0.09946,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9851

secondary

#9DADCC

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9851

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

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