#BC9E52#BC9E52

#BC9E52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E52
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 1.75, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 43.34, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0033 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.102 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4904, 35.7561, 13.0659)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E52 #5270BC

analogous

#BC6952 #BC9E52 #A5BC52

triadic

#BC9E52 #52BC9E #9E52BC

tetradic

#BC9E52 #52BC69 #5270BC #BC52A5

square

#BC9E52 #52BC69 #5270BC #BC52A5

split-complementary

#BC9E52 #52A5BC #6952BC

monochromatic

#6A5829 #977C3A #BC9E52 #CDB77E #DECFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9E52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E52

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E52	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba85',
    500: '#bc9e52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e52;
$custom-light: #d3ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.019,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71048,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E52

secondary

#9EABCC

accent

#78D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E52

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

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