#BC8975#BC8975

#BC8975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.069 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8975
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 117)
HSL	hsl(17, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 37.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 16.83, 18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 24.93, 47.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.0512 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.069 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8967, 29.8691, 20.8588)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8975 #75A8BC

analogous

#BC7585 #BC8975 #BCAC75

triadic

#BC8975 #75BC89 #8975BC

tetradic

#BC8975 #85BC75 #75A8BC #AC75BC

square

#BC8975 #85BC75 #75A8BC #AC75BC

split-complementary

#BC8975 #75BCAC #7585BC

monochromatic

#7B4D3C #A46750 #BC8975 #D0AC9E #E4CFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#BC8975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8975

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8975	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)

#968E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.069 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9c',
    500: '#bc8975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8975;
$custom-light: #d2ab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.901,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67479,
    "c": 0.06925,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8975

secondary

#B9CCD4

accent

#ACCB5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8975

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

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