#BC9B50#BC9B50

#BC9B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B50
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 3.22, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 43.47, 85.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% 0.0073 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.102 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9099, 34.7151, 12.5025)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B50 #5071BC

analogous

#BC6550 #BC9B50 #A7BC50

triadic

#BC9B50 #50BC9B #9B50BC

tetradic

#BC9B50 #50BC65 #5071BC #BC50A7

square

#BC9B50 #50BC65 #5071BC #BC50A7

split-complementary

#BC9B50 #50A7BC #6550BC

monochromatic

#695528 #967939 #BC9B50 #CDB47C #DECEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#BC9B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B50

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B50	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b883',
    500: '#bc9b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b50;
$custom-light: #d3b883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70405,
    "c": 0.10189,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B50

secondary

#9CABCB

accent

#7BD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B50

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

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