#BC9F53#BC9F53

#BC9F53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.101 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F53
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 1.29, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 43.15, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0021 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.101 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7000, 36.1140, 13.3249)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F53 #5370BC

analogous

#BC6A53 #BC9F53 #A4BC53

triadic

#BC9F53 #53BC9F #9F53BC

tetradic

#BC9F53 #53BC6A #5370BC #BC53A4

square

#BC9F53 #53BC6A #5370BC #BC53A4

split-complementary

#BC9F53 #53A4BC #6A53BC

monochromatic

#6B592A #977E3B #BC9F53 #CDB87F #DED0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC9F53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#BC9F53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F53

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F53	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)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.101 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3bb85',
    500: '#bc9f53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f53;
$custom-light: #d3bb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71267,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F53

secondary

#9FABCC

accent

#77D454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#14110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F53

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

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