#BC9E5E#BC9E5E

#BC9E5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.090 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9E5E
RGB	rgb(188, 158, 94)
HSL	hsl(41, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 2.80, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 37.48, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0078 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.09 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9876, 35.9550, 15.6846)
Luminance	0.3595 (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

#BC9E5E #5E7CBC

analogous

#BC6F5E #BC9E5E #ABBC5E

triadic

#BC9E5E #5EBC9E #9E5EBC

tetradic

#BC9E5E #5EBC6F #5E7CBC #BC5EAB

square

#BC9E5E #5EBC6F #5E7CBC #BC5EAB

split-complementary

#BC9E5E #5EABBC #6F5EBC

monochromatic

#715C2F #9C7F41 #BC9E5E #CEB889 #E0D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#BC9E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#BC9E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9E5E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9E5E	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 158, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.090 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ba8d',
    500: '#bc9e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9e5e;
$custom-light: #d2ba8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.09008,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9E5E

secondary

#A7B4CF

accent

#7ED157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9E5E

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

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