#BC9859#BC9859

#BC9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.092 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9859
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, 5.61, 37.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 38.38, 81.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% 0.0154 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.092 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7719, 33.8710, 14.2082)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9859 #597DBC

analogous

#BC6759 #BC9859 #AEBC59

triadic

#BC9859 #59BC98 #9859BC

tetradic

#BC9859 #59BC67 #597DBC #BC59AE

square

#BC9859 #59BC67 #597DBC #BC59AE

split-complementary

#BC9859 #59AEBC #6759BC

monochromatic

#6E562C #9A783E #BC9859 #CEB385 #DFCEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9859

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9859	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)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.092 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b689',
    500: '#bc9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9859;
$custom-light: #d2b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69917,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9859

secondary

#A3B3CD

accent

#83D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9859

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

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