#BC9955#BC9955

#BC9955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9955
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, 4.71, 40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 40.56, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0123 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.096 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7715, 34.1316, 13.4018)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9955 #5578BC

analogous

#BC6555 #BC9955 #ABBC55

triadic

#BC9955 #55BC99 #9955BC

tetradic

#BC9955 #55BC65 #5578BC #BC55AB

square

#BC9955 #55BC65 #5578BC #BC55AB

split-complementary

#BC9955 #55ABBC #6555BC

monochromatic

#6C562B #98793C #BC9955 #CDB381 #DFCEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9955

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9955	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8994F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b686',
    500: '#bc9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9955;
$custom-light: #d3b686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.612,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70063,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9955

secondary

#A0AFCC

accent

#80D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9955

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

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