#BC9858#BC9858

#BC9858 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.093 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9858
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 88)
HSL	hsl(38, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.85, 5.52, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.85, 38.87, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% 0.015 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.093 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7302, 33.8543, 13.9885)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9858 #587CBC

analogous

#BC6658 #BC9858 #AEBC58

triadic

#BC9858 #58BC98 #9858BC

tetradic

#BC9858 #58BC66 #587CBC #BC58AE

square

#BC9858 #58BC66 #587CBC #BC58AE

split-complementary

#BC9858 #58AEBC #6658BC

monochromatic

#6E562C #99783E #BC9858 #CEB384 #DFCEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9858

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9858	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.093 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b688',
    500: '#bc9858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9858;
$custom-light: #d3b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69903,
    "c": 0.09293,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9858

secondary

#A3B2CD

accent

#82D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9858

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

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