#BC9666#BC9666

#BC9666 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.079 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9666
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 102)
HSL	hsl(33, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 45.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, 7.96, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 31.68, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% 0.0237 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.079 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0449, 33.4652, 17.2340)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9666 #668CBC

analogous

#BC6B66 #BC9666 #B7BC66

triadic

#BC9666 #66BC96 #9666BC

tetradic

#BC9666 #66BC6B #668CBC #BC66B7

square

#BC9666 #66BC6B #668CBC #BC66B7

split-complementary

#BC9666 #66B7BC #6B66BC

monochromatic

#755833 #9F7846 #BC9666 #CFB391 #E1D0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#BC9666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#BC9666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9666

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9666	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)

#A49762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.079 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b492',
    500: '#bc9666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9666;
$custom-light: #d2b492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 39.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69725,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9666

secondary

#ADBDD0

accent

#8DCF59

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9666

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

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