#BC9D5D#BC9D5D

#BC9D5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.091 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D5D
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 93)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 3.25, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 37.70, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.009 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.091 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7731, 35.5974, 15.3932)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D5D #5D7CBC

analogous

#BC6D5D #BC9D5D #ACBC5D

triadic

#BC9D5D #5DBC9D #9D5DBC

tetradic

#BC9D5D #5DBC6D #5D7CBC #BC5DAC

square

#BC9D5D #5DBC6D #5D7CBC #BC5DAC

split-complementary

#BC9D5D #5DACBC #6D5DBC

monochromatic

#705B2E #9B7E40 #BC9D5D #CEB788 #E0D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#BC9D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#BC9D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D5D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D5D	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.091 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b98c',
    500: '#bc9d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d5d;
$custom-light: #d2b98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.421,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70997,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D5D

secondary

#A6B3CE

accent

#7FD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D5D

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

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