#BC9B59#BC9B59

#BC9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.093 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B59
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 3.97, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 39.12, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0106 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.093 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2650, 34.8572, 14.3725)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B59 #597ABC

analogous

#BC6A59 #BC9B59 #ACBC59

triadic

#BC9B59 #59BC9B #9B59BC

tetradic

#BC9B59 #59BC6A #597ABC #BC59AC

square

#BC9B59 #59BC6A #597ABC #BC59AC

split-complementary

#BC9B59 #59ACBC #6A59BC

monochromatic

#6E582C #9A7B3E #BC9B59 #CEB585 #DFD0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#BC9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B59

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B59	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.093 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b889',
    500: '#bc9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b59;
$custom-light: #d2b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70528,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B59

secondary

#A3B1CD

accent

#7FD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B59

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

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