#BC9854#BC9854

#BC9854 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.097 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9854
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 84)
HSL	hsl(39, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, 5.17, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 40.80, 82.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% 0.0135 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.097 82)
XYZ	xyz(33.5690, 33.7899, 13.1397)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9854 #5478BC

analogous

#BC6454 #BC9854 #ACBC54

triadic

#BC9854 #54BC98 #9854BC

tetradic

#BC9854 #54BC64 #5478BC #BC54AC

square

#BC9854 #54BC64 #5478BC #BC54AC

split-complementary

#BC9854 #54ACBC #6454BC

monochromatic

#6B552A #97783B #BC9854 #CDB280 #DECDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC9854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9854

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9854	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7984E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.097 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bc9854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9854;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69846,
    "c": 0.0967,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.33788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9854

secondary

#A0AFCC

accent

#80D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9854

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

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