#BC9855#BC9855

#BC9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9855
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 5.26, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 40.32, 82.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0139 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.096 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6085, 33.8057, 13.3475)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9855 #5579BC

analogous

#BC6455 #BC9855 #ACBC55

triadic

#BC9855 #55BC98 #9855BC

tetradic

#BC9855 #55BC64 #5579BC #BC55AC

square

#BC9855 #55BC64 #5579BC #BC55AC

split-complementary

#BC9855 #55ACBC #6455BC

monochromatic

#6C552B #98783C #BC9855 #CDB381 #DFCDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9855

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9855	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)

#A7984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bc9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9855;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.029,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6986,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9855

secondary

#A0B0CC

accent

#81D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9855

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

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