#BC9959#BC9959

#BC9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.092 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9959
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 5.06, 38.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 38.62, 82.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% 0.0138 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.092 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9349, 34.1970, 14.2625)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9959 #597CBC

analogous

#BC6859 #BC9959 #AEBC59

triadic

#BC9959 #59BC99 #9959BC

tetradic

#BC9959 #59BC68 #597CBC #BC59AE

square

#BC9959 #59BC68 #597CBC #BC59AE

split-complementary

#BC9959 #59AEBC #6859BC

monochromatic

#6E572C #9A793E #BC9959 #CEB485 #DFCFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9959

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9959	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.092 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b689',
    500: '#bc9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9959;
$custom-light: #d2b689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.788,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7012,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9959

secondary

#A3B2CD

accent

#82D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9959

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

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