#BC9B60#BC9B60

#BC9B60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.086 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9B60
RGB	rgb(188, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(38, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, 4.62, 35.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 35.69, 82.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0133 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.086 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5730, 34.9804, 15.9949)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9B60 #6081BC

analogous

#BC6D60 #BC9B60 #AFBC60

triadic

#BC9B60 #60BC9B #9B60BC

tetradic

#BC9B60 #60BC6D #6081BC #BC60AF

square

#BC9B60 #60BC6D #6081BC #BC60AF

split-complementary

#BC9B60 #60AFBC #6D60BC

monochromatic

#725A30 #9D7C42 #BC9B60 #CEB68B #E0D1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#BC9B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#BC9B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9B60

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9B60	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.086 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b88e',
    500: '#bc9b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9b60;
$custom-light: #d2b88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.478,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70635,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9B60

secondary

#A9B6CF

accent

#83D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9B60

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

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