#BC9E54#BC9E54

#BC9E54 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.100 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E54
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 84)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 55.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, 1.91, 42.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 42.38, 87.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% 0.004 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.1 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5676, 35.7870, 13.4726)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E54 #5472BC

analogous

#BC6A54 #BC9E54 #A6BC54

triadic

#BC9E54 #54BC9E #9E54BC

tetradic

#BC9E54 #54BC6A #5472BC #BC54A6

square

#BC9E54 #54BC6A #5472BC #BC54A6

split-complementary

#BC9E54 #54A6BC #6A54BC

monochromatic

#6B592A #977D3B #BC9E54 #CDB780 #DED0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9E54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC9E54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E54

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E54	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.100 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba86',
    500: '#bc9e54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e54;
$custom-light: #d3ba86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.692,
    "s": 43.697,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71074,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E54

secondary

#A0ACCC

accent

#79D354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E54

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

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