#BC9B52#BC9B52

#BC9B52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B52
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 82)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 3.38, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 42.51, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.008 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.1 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9849, 34.7451, 12.8974)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B52 #5273BC

analogous

#BC6652 #BC9B52 #A8BC52

triadic

#BC9B52 #52BC9B #9B52BC

tetradic

#BC9B52 #52BC66 #5273BC #BC52A8

square

#BC9B52 #52BC66 #5273BC #BC52A8

split-complementary

#BC9B52 #52A8BC #6652BC

monochromatic

#6A5629 #977A3A #BC9B52 #CDB57E #DECEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9B52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC9B52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B52

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B52	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b884',
    500: '#bc9b52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b52;
$custom-light: #d3b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.321,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70431,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B52

secondary

#9EACCC

accent

#7CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B52

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

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