#BC9950#BC9950

#BC9950 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.101 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9950
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, 4.30, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 42.96, 84.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70% 0.0105 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.101 84)
XYZ	xyz(33.5798, 34.0550, 12.3924)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9950 #5073BC

analogous

#BC6350 #BC9950 #A9BC50

triadic

#BC9950 #50BC99 #9950BC

tetradic

#BC9950 #50BC63 #5073BC #BC50A9

square

#BC9950 #50BC63 #5073BC #BC50A9

split-complementary

#BC9950 #50A9BC #6350BC

monochromatic

#695428 #967839 #BC9950 #CDB37C #DECDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC9950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9950

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9950	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.101 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b683',
    500: '#bc9950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9950;
$custom-light: #d3b683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.556,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.34053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9950

secondary

#9CACCB

accent

#7DD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9950

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

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