#BC9957#BC9957

#BC9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.094 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9957
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 4.88, 39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 39.59, 82.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% 0.0131 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.094 82)
XYZ	xyz(33.8520, 34.1639, 13.8262)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9957 #577ABC

analogous

#BC6757 #BC9957 #ADBC57

triadic

#BC9957 #57BC99 #9957BC

tetradic

#BC9957 #57BC67 #577ABC #BC57AD

square

#BC9957 #57BC67 #577ABC #BC57AD

split-complementary

#BC9957 #57ADBC #6757BC

monochromatic

#6D562C #99793D #BC9957 #CDB483 #DFCEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#BC9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9957

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9957	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)

#A89951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.094 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b688',
    500: '#bc9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9957;
$custom-light: #d3b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.208,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70091,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.34162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9957

secondary

#A2B1CD

accent

#81D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9957

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

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