#BC9474#BC9474

#BC9474 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.066 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9474
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 116)
HSL	hsl(27, 35%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 38%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, 10.62, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 25.03, 64.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0327 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.066 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4824, 33.1339, 21.0988)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9474 #749CBC

analogous

#BC7478 #BC9474 #BCB874

triadic

#BC9474 #74BC94 #9474BC

tetradic

#BC9474 #78BC74 #749CBC #B874BC

square

#BC9474 #78BC74 #749CBC #B874BC

split-complementary

#BC9474 #74BCB8 #7478BC

monochromatic

#7B573B #A4754F #BC9474 #D0B49D #E4D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#BC9474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9474

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9474	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.066 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b39c',
    500: '#bc9474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9474;
$custom-light: #d1b39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69596,
    "c": 0.0656,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9474

secondary

#B8C7D4

accent

#9ACB5D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9474

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

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