#BC9583#BC9583

#BC9583 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.054 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9583
RGB	rgb(188, 149, 131)
HSL	hsl(19, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(19, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, 11.98, 15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 19.26, 51.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% 0.0373 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.054 46)
XYZ	xyz(35.5839, 33.8266, 26.1232)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9583 #83AABC

analogous

#BC838E #BC9583 #BCB183

triadic

#BC9583 #83BC95 #9583BC

tetradic

#BC9583 #8EBC83 #83AABC #B183BC

square

#BC9583 #8EBC83 #83AABC #B183BC

split-complementary

#BC9583 #83BCB1 #838EBC

monochromatic

#805745 #A7735B #BC9583 #D1B7AB #E7D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9583

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9583	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C68F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 149, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.054 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b4a7',
    500: '#bc9583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9583;
$custom-light: #d1b4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.05376,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.33825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9583

secondary

#C3D1D8

accent

#87A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9583

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

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