#BC8974#BC8974

#BC8974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.070 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8974
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(18, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, 16.70, 18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 25.25, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0508 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.07 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8382, 29.8457, 20.5508)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8974 #74A7BC

analogous

#BC7483 #BC8974 #BCAD74

triadic

#BC8974 #74BC89 #8974BC

tetradic

#BC8974 #83BC74 #74A7BC #AD74BC

square

#BC8974 #83BC74 #74A7BC #AD74BC

split-complementary

#BC8974 #74BCAD #7483BC

monochromatic

#7B4E3B #A4684F #BC8974 #D0AC9D #E4CFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BC8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8974

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8974	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.070 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9c',
    500: '#bc8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8974;
$custom-light: #d2ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67457,
    "c": 0.06982,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8974

secondary

#B8CCD4

accent

#ABCB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8974

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

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