#BC9D59#BC9D59

#BC9D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.094 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D59
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 89)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 2.88, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 39.66, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0074 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.094 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6006, 35.5284, 14.4844)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D59 #5978BC

analogous

#BC6C59 #BC9D59 #AABC59

triadic

#BC9D59 #59BC9D #9D59BC

tetradic

#BC9D59 #59BC6C #5978BC #BC59AA

square

#BC9D59 #59BC6C #5978BC #BC59AA

split-complementary

#BC9D59 #59AABC #6C59BC

monochromatic

#6E5A2C #9A7D3E #BC9D59 #CEB785 #DFD0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC9D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D59

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D59	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.094 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b989',
    500: '#bc9d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d59;
$custom-light: #d2b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.212,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70938,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D59

secondary

#A3B1CD

accent

#7DD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D59

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

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