#BC9958#BC9958

#BC9958 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.093 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC9958
RGBrgb(188, 153, 88)
HSLhsl(39, 43%, 54%)
HSVhsv(39, 53%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.6%, 53.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.11, 4.97, 38.79)
CIE-LCHlch(65.11, 39.11, 82.70°)
OKLaboklab(70.11% 0.0134 0.0924)
OKLCHoklch(70.11% 0.093 81.7)
XYZxyz(33.8932, 34.1803, 14.0429)
Luminance0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC9958 #587BBC
analogous
#BC6758 #BC9958 #ADBC58
triadic
#BC9958 #58BC99 #9958BC
tetradic
#BC9958 #58BC67 #587BBC #BC58AD
square
#BC9958 #58BC67 #587BBC #BC58AD
split-complementary
#BC9958 #58ADBC #6758BC
monochromatic
#6E572C #99793E #BC9958 #CEB484 #DFCEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#BC9958 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84
#BC9958 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9958
7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC9958#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC99581.002.687.847.84
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8421.001.001.00
##0000007.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89952
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A25A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA8E8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc9958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.093 81.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b688',
    500: '#bc9958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc9958;
$custom-light: #d2b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc9958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 42.735,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70106,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC9958
secondary
#A3B2CD
accent
#81D355
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6F0
border
#D3D0CB
text
#14110B
muted
#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9958

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#BC9958 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva