#BC9477#BC9477

#BC9477 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.063 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9477
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 119)
HSL	hsl(25, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 10.98, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 23.77, 62.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.034 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.063 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6597, 33.2049, 22.0327)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9477 #779FBC

analogous

#BC777D #BC9477 #BCB677

triadic

#BC9477 #77BC94 #9477BC

tetradic

#BC9477 #7DBC77 #779FBC #B677BC

square

#BC9477 #7DBC77 #779FBC #B677BC

split-complementary

#BC9477 #77BCB6 #777DBC

monochromatic

#7C573D #A57451 #BC9477 #D0B4A0 #E4D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#BC9477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#BC9477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9477

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9477	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.063 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b39e',
    500: '#bc9477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9477;
$custom-light: #d1b39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.217,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9477

secondary

#BACAD5

accent

#7CAD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9477

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

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