#BC9953#BC9953

#BC9953 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.098 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9953
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, 4.55, 41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 41.52, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% 0.0116 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.098 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6931, 34.1003, 12.9893)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9953 #5376BC

analogous

#BC6453 #BC9953 #AABC53

triadic

#BC9953 #53BC99 #9953BC

tetradic

#BC9953 #53BC64 #5376BC #BC53AA

square

#BC9953 #53BC64 #5376BC #BC53AA

split-complementary

#BC9953 #53AABC #6453BC

monochromatic

#6B552A #97783B #BC9953 #CDB37F #DECDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#BC9953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9953

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9953	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)

#A8994D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.098 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b685',
    500: '#bc9953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9953;
$custom-light: #d3b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70035,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9953

secondary

#9FAECC

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9953

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

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