#BC9E59#BC9E59

#BC9E59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.095 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E59
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 2.34, 39.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 39.94, 86.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0059 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.095 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7705, 35.8681, 14.5410)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9E59 #5977BC

analogous

#BC6D59 #BC9E59 #A9BC59

triadic

#BC9E59 #59BC9E #9E59BC

tetradic

#BC9E59 #59BC6D #5977BC #BC59A9

square

#BC9E59 #59BC6D #5977BC #BC59A9

split-complementary

#BC9E59 #59A9BC #6D59BC

monochromatic

#6E5A2C #9A7E3E #BC9E59 #CEB785 #DFD1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#BC9E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#BC9E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E59

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E59	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.095 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba89',
    500: '#bc9e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e59;
$custom-light: #d2ba89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71143,
    "c": 0.09507,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E59

secondary

#A3B0CD

accent

#7BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E59

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

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