#BC9B5D#BC9B5D

#BC9B5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.089 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B5D
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 93)
HSL	hsl(39, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 4.33, 36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 37.17, 83.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.0122 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.089 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4375, 34.9262, 15.2813)
Luminance	0.3492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B5D #5D7EBC

analogous

#BC6B5D #BC9B5D #ADBC5D

triadic

#BC9B5D #5DBC9B #9B5DBC

tetradic

#BC9B5D #5DBC6B #5D7EBC #BC5DAD

square

#BC9B5D #5DBC6B #5D7EBC #BC5DAD

split-complementary

#BC9B5D #5DADBC #6B5DBC

monochromatic

#70592E #9B7C40 #BC9B5D #CEB688 #E0D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#BC9B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B5D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B5D	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.089 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b88c',
    500: '#bc9b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b5d;
$custom-light: #d2b88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.158,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70588,
    "c": 0.08947,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B5D

secondary

#A6B4CE

accent

#81D156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B5D

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

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