#BC9F5B#BC9F5B

#BC9F5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.094 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F5B
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 1.98, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 39.25, 87.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.005 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.094 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0269, 36.2447, 15.0465)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F5B #5B78BC

analogous

#BC6F5B #BC9F5B #A8BC5B

triadic

#BC9F5B #5BBC9F #9F5BBC

tetradic

#BC9F5B #5BBC6F #5B78BC #BC5BA8

square

#BC9F5B #5BBC6F #5B78BC #BC5BA8

split-complementary

#BC9F5B #5BA8BC #6F5BBC

monochromatic

#6F5C2D #9B7F3F #BC9F5B #CEB886 #E0D2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#BC9F5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#BC9F5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F5B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F5B	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.094 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb8b',
    500: '#bc9f5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f5b;
$custom-light: #d2bb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.062,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71378,
    "c": 0.09371,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F5B

secondary

#A5B1CE

accent

#7BD256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F5B

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

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