#BC9F52#BC9F52

#BC9F52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.102 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F52
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 56.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 1.21, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 43.63, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0017 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.102 89)
XYZ	xyz(34.6616, 36.0986, 13.1230)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F52 #526FBC

analogous

#BC6A52 #BC9F52 #A4BC52

triadic

#BC9F52 #52BC9F #9F52BC

tetradic

#BC9F52 #52BC6A #526FBC #BC52A4

square

#BC9F52 #52BC6A #526FBC #BC52A4

split-complementary

#BC9F52 #52A4BC #6A52BC

monochromatic

#6A5929 #977D3A #BC9F52 #CDB77E #DED0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC9F52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BC9F52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F52

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F52	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.102 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb85',
    500: '#bc9f52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f52;
$custom-light: #d3bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.585,
    "s": 44.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.10242,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.36097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F52

secondary

#9EABCC

accent

#77D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F52

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

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