#BC9D55#BC9D55

#BC9D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D55
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 2.54, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 41.61, 86.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.006 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.098 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4372, 35.4630, 13.6237)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D55 #5574BC

analogous

#BC6955 #BC9D55 #A7BC55

triadic

#BC9D55 #55BC9D #9D55BC

tetradic

#BC9D55 #55BC69 #5574BC #BC55A7

square

#BC9D55 #55BC69 #5574BC #BC55A7

split-complementary

#BC9D55 #55A7BC #6955BC

monochromatic

#6C582B #987C3C #BC9D55 #CDB681 #DFD0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#BC9D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#BC9D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D55

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D55	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3b987',
    500: '#bc9d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d55;
$custom-light: #d3b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.942,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70882,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D55

secondary

#A0AECC

accent

#7BD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D55

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

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