#BC9962#BC9962

#BC9962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.084 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9962
RGB	rgb(188, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, 5.91, 33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 34.23, 80.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.0173 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.084 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3362, 34.3575, 16.3760)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9962 #6285BC

analogous

#BC6C62 #BC9962 #B2BC62

triadic

#BC9962 #62BC99 #9962BC

tetradic

#BC9962 #62BC6C #6285BC #BC62B2

square

#BC9962 #62BC6C #6285BC #BC62B2

split-complementary

#BC9962 #62B2BC #6C62BC

monochromatic

#735931 #9E7A43 #BC9962 #CEB58D #E1D1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#BC9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#BC9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9962

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9962	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7995E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.084 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68f',
    500: '#bc9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9962;
$custom-light: #d2b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 40.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70261,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9962

secondary

#AAB9CF

accent

#87D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9962

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

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