#BC9856#BC9856

#BC9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.095 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9856
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 5.34, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 39.83, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0143 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.095 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6485, 33.8217, 13.5582)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9856 #567ABC

analogous

#BC6556 #BC9856 #ADBC56

triadic

#BC9856 #56BC98 #9856BC

tetradic

#BC9856 #56BC65 #567ABC #BC56AD

square

#BC9856 #56BC65 #567ABC #BC56AD

split-complementary

#BC9856 #56ADBC #6556BC

monochromatic

#6D552B #98783C #BC9856 #CDB382 #DFCDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#BC9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9856

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9856	1.00	2.70	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.70	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)

#A79850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.095 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b687',
    500: '#bc9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9856;
$custom-light: #d3b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9856

secondary

#A1B0CD

accent

#81D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9856

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

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