#BC8976#BC8976

#BC8976 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.069 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8976
RGB	rgb(188, 137, 118)
HSL	hsl(16, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(16, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 37.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.56, 16.95, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.56, 24.62, 46.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0516 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.069 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9558, 29.8927, 21.1701)
Luminance	0.2989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8976 #76A9BC

analogous

#BC7686 #BC8976 #BCAC76

triadic

#BC8976 #76BC89 #8976BC

tetradic

#BC8976 #86BC76 #76A9BC #AC76BC

square

#BC8976 #86BC76 #76A9BC #AC76BC

split-complementary

#BC8976 #76BCAC #7686BC

monochromatic

#7B4D3C #A46750 #BC8976 #D0AC9F #E4D0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#BC8976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#BC8976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8976

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8976	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 137, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.069 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab9d',
    500: '#bc8976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8976;
$custom-light: #d2ab9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 34.314,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67502,
    "c": 0.06871,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8976

secondary

#B9CDD4

accent

#ADCA5D

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8976

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

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