#BC9D5B#BC9D5B

#BC9D5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.093 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D5B
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 91)
HSL	hsl(41, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 3.06, 38.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 38.68, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0082 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.093 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6857, 35.5624, 14.9327)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D5B #5B7ABC

analogous

#BC6D5B #BC9D5B #AABC5B

triadic

#BC9D5B #5BBC9D #9D5BBC

tetradic

#BC9D5B #5BBC6D #5B7ABC #BC5BAA

square

#BC9D5B #5BBC6D #5B7ABC #BC5BAA

split-complementary

#BC9D5B #5BAABC #6D5BBC

monochromatic

#6F5A2D #9B7D3F #BC9D5B #CEB786 #E0D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#BC9D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D5B

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D5B	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)

#AC9C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.093 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b98b',
    500: '#bc9d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d5b;
$custom-light: #d2b98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.825,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70967,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D5B

secondary

#A5B2CE

accent

#7ED256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D5B

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

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