#BC9D60#BC9D60

#BC9D60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.087 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9D60
RGB	rgb(188, 157, 96)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, 3.53, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 36.21, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0101 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.088 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9086, 35.6516, 16.1068)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9D60 #607FBC

analogous

#BC6F60 #BC9D60 #ADBC60

triadic

#BC9D60 #60BC9D #9D60BC

tetradic

#BC9D60 #60BC6F #607FBC #BC60AD

square

#BC9D60 #60BC6F #607FBC #BC60AD

split-complementary

#BC9D60 #60ADBC #6F60BC

monochromatic

#725C30 #9D7E42 #BC9D60 #CEB88B #E0D2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#BC9D60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9D60

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9D60	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)

#AB9C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 157, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.087 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b98e',
    500: '#bc9d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9d60;
$custom-light: #d2b98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.783,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71043,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9D60

secondary

#A9B6CF

accent

#80D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9D60

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

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