#BC9372#BC9372

#BC9372 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.067 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9372
RGB	rgb(188, 147, 114)
HSL	hsl(27, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 10.93, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 25.81, 64.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0335 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.067 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2111, 32.7756, 20.4407)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9372 #729BBC

analogous

#BC7276 #BC9372 #BCB872

triadic

#BC9372 #72BC93 #9372BC

tetradic

#BC9372 #76BC72 #729BBC #B872BC

square

#BC9372 #76BC72 #729BBC #B872BC

split-complementary

#BC9372 #72BCB8 #7276BC

monochromatic

#7A563A #A3744E #BC9372 #D0B39B #E3D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#BC9372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#BC9372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9372

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9372	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 147, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.067 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b29a',
    500: '#bc9372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9372;
$custom-light: #d2b29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.757,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.06743,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9372

secondary

#B6C6D3

accent

#9ACC5C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF5F2

border

#D3CFCC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9372

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

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