#BC9178#BC9178

#BC9178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.063 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9178
RGB	rgb(188, 145, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, 12.76, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 23.32, 56.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% 0.0393 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.063 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2556, 32.3001, 22.1959)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9178 #78A3BC

analogous

#BC7881 #BC9178 #BCB378

triadic

#BC9178 #78BC91 #9178BC

tetradic

#BC9178 #81BC78 #78A3BC #B378BC

square

#BC9178 #81BC78 #78A3BC #B378BC

split-complementary

#BC9178 #78BCB3 #7881BC

monochromatic

#7C553E #A57052 #BC9178 #D0B2A1 #E5D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#BC9178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#BC9178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9178

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9178	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 145, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.063 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b19f',
    500: '#bc9178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9178;
$custom-light: #d1b19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.059,
    "s": 33.663,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69092,
    "c": 0.06312,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9178

secondary

#BBCBD5

accent

#82AC39

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF5F2

border

#D3CFCC

text

#14100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9178

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

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