#BC9F59#BC9F59

#BC9F59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.096 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F59
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 1.80, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 40.23, 87.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0043 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.096 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9417, 36.2107, 14.5981)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F59 #5976BC

analogous

#BC6E59 #BC9F59 #A8BC59

triadic

#BC9F59 #59BC9F #9F59BC

tetradic

#BC9F59 #59BC6E #5976BC #BC59A8

square

#BC9F59 #59BC6E #5976BC #BC59A8

split-complementary

#BC9F59 #59A8BC #6E59BC

monochromatic

#6E5B2C #9A7F3E #BC9F59 #CEB885 #DFD1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC9F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#BC9F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F59

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F59	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.096 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb89',
    500: '#bc9f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f59;
$custom-light: #d2bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.424,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71349,
    "c": 0.09569,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F59

secondary

#A3B0CD

accent

#7AD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F59

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

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