#BC9D5F#BC9D5F

#BC9D5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.089 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D5F
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 95)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 3.44, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 36.71, 84.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0097 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.089 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8629, 35.6333, 15.8658)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D5F #5F7EBC

analogous

#BC6E5F #BC9D5F #ACBC5F

triadic

#BC9D5F #5FBC9D #9D5FBC

tetradic

#BC9D5F #5FBC6E #5F7EBC #BC5FAC

square

#BC9D5F #5FBC6E #5F7EBC #BC5FAC

split-complementary

#BC9D5F #5FACBC #6E5FBC

monochromatic

#715B2F #9C7E41 #BC9D5F #CEB78A #E0D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D5F

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D5F	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.089 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b98d',
    500: '#bc9d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d5f;
$custom-light: #d2b98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71027,
    "c": 0.08851,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D5F

secondary

#A8B5CF

accent

#80D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D5F

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

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