#BC9E55#BC9E55

#BC9E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.099 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E55
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, 2.00, 41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 41.89, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0044 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.099 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6070, 35.8028, 13.6803)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E55 #5573BC

analogous

#BC6A55 #BC9E55 #A6BC55

triadic

#BC9E55 #55BC9E #9E55BC

tetradic

#BC9E55 #55BC6A #5573BC #BC55A6

square

#BC9E55 #55BC6A #5573BC #BC55A6

split-complementary

#BC9E55 #55A6BC #6A55BC

monochromatic

#6C592B #987D3C #BC9E55 #CDB781 #DFD0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#BC9E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E55

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E55	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)

#AD9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.099 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ba87',
    500: '#bc9e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e55;
$custom-light: #d3ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.524,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71087,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E55

secondary

#A0ADCC

accent

#79D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E55

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

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