#BC8969#BC8969

#BC8969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.077 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8969
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 105)
HSL	hsl(23, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(23, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 15.45, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 29.23, 58.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% 0.0462 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.077 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2359, 29.6047, 17.3783)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8969 #699CBC

analogous

#BC6972 #BC8969 #BCB369

triadic

#BC8969 #69BC89 #8969BC

tetradic

#BC8969 #72BC69 #699CBC #B369BC

square

#BC8969 #72BC69 #699CBC #B369BC

split-complementary

#BC8969 #69BCB3 #6972BC

monochromatic

#764E35 #A06A48 #BC8969 #CFAA93 #E2CCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#BC8969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#BC8969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8969

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8969	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978D67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.077 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab94',
    500: '#bc8969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8969;
$custom-light: #d2ab94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.133,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67226,
    "c": 0.07703,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8969

secondary

#B0C4D1

accent

#A1CE5A

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F1

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100D

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8969

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

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