#BC9C50#BC9C50

#BC9C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.102 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9C50
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 57.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 2.67, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 43.74, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% 0.0057 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.102 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0770, 35.0494, 12.5582)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9C50 #5070BC

analogous

#BC6650 #BC9C50 #A6BC50

triadic

#BC9C50 #50BC9C #9C50BC

tetradic

#BC9C50 #50BC66 #5070BC #BC50A6

square

#BC9C50 #50BC66 #5070BC #BC50A6

split-complementary

#BC9C50 #50A6BC #6650BC

monochromatic

#695628 #967A39 #BC9C50 #CDB57C #DECEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#BC9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#BC9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9C50

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9C50	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.102 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b983',
    500: '#bc9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9c50;
$custom-light: #d3b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7061,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9C50

secondary

#9CAACB

accent

#7AD453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9C50

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

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