#BC9482#BC9482

#BC9482 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.055 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9482
RGB	rgb(188, 148, 130)
HSL	hsl(19, 30%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(19, 31%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 30.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 12.40, 15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 19.66, 50.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0385 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.055 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3589, 33.4846, 25.7155)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9482 #82AABC

analogous

#BC828D #BC9482 #BCB182

triadic

#BC9482 #82BC94 #9482BC

tetradic

#BC9482 #8DBC82 #82AABC #B182BC

square

#BC9482 #8DBC82 #82AABC #B182BC

split-complementary

#BC9482 #82BCB1 #828DBC

monochromatic

#7F5744 #A7725A #BC9482 #D1B6AA #E7D8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC9482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9482

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9482	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C78E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 148, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.055 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b3a6',
    500: '#bc9482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9482;
$custom-light: #d1b3a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.621,
    "s": 30.208,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69908,
    "c": 0.05491,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9482

secondary

#C2D1D7

accent

#87A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9482

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

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