#BC9E53#BC9E53

#BC9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.101 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E53
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 1.83, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 42.86, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0037 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.101 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5287, 35.7714, 13.2678)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E53 #5371BC

analogous

#BC6953 #BC9E53 #A5BC53

triadic

#BC9E53 #53BC9E #9E53BC

tetradic

#BC9E53 #53BC69 #5371BC #BC53A5

square

#BC9E53 #53BC69 #5371BC #BC53A5

split-complementary

#BC9E53 #53A5BC #6953BC

monochromatic

#6B582A #977D3B #BC9E53 #CDB77F #DED0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#BC9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#BC9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E53

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E53	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)

#AD9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.101 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba85',
    500: '#bc9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e53;
$custom-light: #d3ba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71061,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E53

secondary

#9FACCC

accent

#79D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E53

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

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