#BC9577#BC9577

#BC9577 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.063 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9577
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 119)
HSL	hsl(26, 34%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(26, 37%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 36.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 10.43, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 23.82, 64.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% 0.0323 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.063 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8172, 33.5199, 22.0853)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9577 #779EBC

analogous

#BC777B #BC9577 #BCB777

triadic

#BC9577 #77BC95 #9577BC

tetradic

#BC9577 #7BBC77 #779EBC #B777BC

square

#BC9577 #7BBC77 #779EBC #B777BC

split-complementary

#BC9577 #77BCB7 #777BBC

monochromatic

#7C583D #A57551 #BC9577 #D0B5A0 #E4D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#BC9577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9577

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9577	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)

#A19875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C88D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.063 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b49e',
    500: '#bc9577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9577;
$custom-light: #d1b49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 33.99,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9577

secondary

#BAC9D5

accent

#7AAD39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9577

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

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