#BC9956#BC9956

#BC9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9956
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 4.80, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 40.08, 83.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0127 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.095 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8115, 34.1476, 13.6125)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9956 #5679BC

analogous

#BC6656 #BC9956 #ACBC56

triadic

#BC9956 #56BC99 #9956BC

tetradic

#BC9956 #56BC66 #5679BC #BC56AC

square

#BC9956 #56BC66 #5679BC #BC56AC

split-complementary

#BC9956 #56ACBC #6656BC

monochromatic

#6D562B #98793C #BC9956 #CDB382 #DFCEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9956

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9956	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)

#A89950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b687',
    500: '#bc9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9956;
$custom-light: #d3b687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.412,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70077,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9956

secondary

#A1B0CD

accent

#80D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9956

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

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