#BC9481#BC9481

#BC9481 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.056 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9481
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 129)
HSL	hsl(19, 31%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(19, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 31.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 12.26, 15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 19.99, 52.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0381 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.056 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2921, 33.4579, 25.3637)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9481 #81A9BC

analogous

#BC818C #BC9481 #BCB281

triadic

#BC9481 #81BC94 #9481BC

tetradic

#BC9481 #8CBC81 #81A9BC #B281BC

square

#BC9481 #8CBC81 #81A9BC #B281BC

split-complementary

#BC9481 #81BCB2 #818CBC

monochromatic

#7F5744 #A77259 #BC9481 #D1B6A9 #E6D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC9481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9481

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9481	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.056 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b3a5',
    500: '#bc9481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9481;
$custom-light: #d1b3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.322,
    "s": 30.57,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.05555,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9481

secondary

#C2D0D7

accent

#86A93C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9481

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

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