#BC9952#BC9952

#BC9952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.099 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9952
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, 4.46, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 42.00, 83.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% 0.0112 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.099 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6548, 34.0850, 12.7874)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9952 #5275BC

analogous

#BC6452 #BC9952 #AABC52

triadic

#BC9952 #52BC99 #9952BC

tetradic

#BC9952 #52BC64 #5275BC #BC52AA

square

#BC9952 #52BC64 #5275BC #BC52AA

split-complementary

#BC9952 #52AABC #6452BC

monochromatic

#6A5529 #97783A #BC9952 #CDB37E #DECDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9952

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9952	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9994C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.099 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b684',
    500: '#bc9952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9952;
$custom-light: #d3b684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.189,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70022,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9952

secondary

#9EADCC

accent

#7ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9952

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

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