#BC9F5D#BC9F5D

#BC9F5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.092 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9F5D
RGB	rgb(188, 159, 93)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 2.16, 38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 38.26, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0058 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.092 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1143, 36.2797, 15.5069)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9F5D #5D7ABC

analogous

#BC6F5D #BC9F5D #AABC5D

triadic

#BC9F5D #5DBC9F #9F5DBC

tetradic

#BC9F5D #5DBC6F #5D7ABC #BC5DAA

square

#BC9F5D #5DBC6F #5D7ABC #BC5DAA

split-complementary

#BC9F5D #5DAABC #6F5DBC

monochromatic

#705C2E #9B8040 #BC9F5D #CEB988 #E0D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#BC9F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#BC9F5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9F5D

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9F5D	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 159, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.092 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2bb8c',
    500: '#bc9f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9f5d;
$custom-light: #d2bb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.684,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71407,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9F5D

secondary

#A6B3CE

accent

#7CD156

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9F5D

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

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