#BC8972#BC8972

#BC8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.071 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8972
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(19, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 16.47, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 25.91, 50.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.05 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.071 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7231, 29.7996, 19.9447)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8972 #72A5BC

analogous

#BC7280 #BC8972 #BCAE72

triadic

#BC8972 #72BC89 #8972BC

tetradic

#BC8972 #80BC72 #72A5BC #AE72BC

square

#BC8972 #80BC72 #72A5BC #AE72BC

split-complementary

#BC8972 #72BCAE #7280BC

monochromatic

#7A4E3A #A3684E #BC8972 #D0AC9B #E3CEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#BC8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#BC8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8972

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8972	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.071 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9a',
    500: '#bc8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8972;
$custom-light: #d2ab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.649,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67413,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8972

secondary

#B6CAD3

accent

#A9CC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8972

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

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