#BC9853#BC9853

#BC9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.098 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9853
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 5.09, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 41.28, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0132 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.098 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5302, 33.7743, 12.9349)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9853 #5377BC

analogous

#BC6353 #BC9853 #ABBC53

triadic

#BC9853 #53BC98 #9853BC

tetradic

#BC9853 #53BC63 #5377BC #BC53AB

square

#BC9853 #53BC63 #5377BC #BC53AB

split-complementary

#BC9853 #53ABBC #6353BC

monochromatic

#6B552A #97773B #BC9853 #CDB27F #DECDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9853

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9853	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)

#A8984D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.098 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b685',
    500: '#bc9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9853;
$custom-light: #d3b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69832,
    "c": 0.09762,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9853

secondary

#9FAECC

accent

#80D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9853

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

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