#BC9B53#BC9B53

#BC9B53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.099 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B53
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 83)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 3.46, 41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 42.03, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0084 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.099 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0232, 34.7605, 13.0993)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B53 #5374BC

analogous

#BC6653 #BC9B53 #A8BC53

triadic

#BC9B53 #53BC9B #9B53BC

tetradic

#BC9B53 #53BC66 #5374BC #BC53A8

square

#BC9B53 #53BC66 #5374BC #BC53A8

split-complementary

#BC9B53 #53A8BC #6653BC

monochromatic

#6B562A #977A3B #BC9B53 #CDB57F #DECEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#BC9B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#BC9B53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B53

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B53	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)

#AA9A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.099 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b885',
    500: '#bc9b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b53;
$custom-light: #d3b885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70444,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B53

secondary

#9FADCC

accent

#7CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B53

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

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