#BC9852#BC9852

#BC9852 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.099 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9852
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, 5.01, 41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 41.76, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.0128 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.099 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4918, 33.7590, 12.7331)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9852 #5276BC

analogous

#BC6352 #BC9852 #ABBC52

triadic

#BC9852 #52BC98 #9852BC

tetradic

#BC9852 #52BC63 #5276BC #BC52AB

square

#BC9852 #52BC63 #5276BC #BC52AB

split-complementary

#BC9852 #52ABBC #6352BC

monochromatic

#6A5429 #97773A #BC9852 #CDB27E #DECDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9852

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9852	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)

#A8984C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.099 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b684',
    500: '#bc9852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9852;
$custom-light: #d3b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69818,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9852

secondary

#9EAECC

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9852

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

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