#BC9161#BC9161

#BC9161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.083 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9161
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 97)
HSL	hsl(32, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(32, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 10.20, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 33.23, 72.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0299 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.083 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0235, 31.8072, 15.7070)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9161 #618CBC

analogous

#BC6361 #BC9161 #B9BC61

triadic

#BC9161 #61BC91 #9161BC

tetradic

#BC9161 #61BC63 #618CBC #BC61B9

square

#BC9161 #61BC63 #618CBC #BC61B9

split-complementary

#BC9161 #61B9BC #6361BC

monochromatic

#725330 #9D7243 #BC9161 #CEAF8C #E0CDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#BC9161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#BC9161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9161

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9161	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.083 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b18e',
    500: '#bc9161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9161;
$custom-light: #d2b18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.648,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68641,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9161

secondary

#AABBCF

accent

#91D057

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF5F0

border

#D3CFCB

text

#14100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9161

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

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