#BC9686#BC9686

#BC9686 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.051 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9686
RGB	rgb(188, 150, 134)
HSL	hsl(18, 29%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 29%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 28.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.14, 11.84, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.14, 18.22, 49.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% 0.0369 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.051 44)
XYZ	xyz(35.9491, 34.2269, 27.2625)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9686 #86ACBC

analogous

#BC8691 #BC9686 #BCB186

triadic

#BC9686 #86BC96 #9686BC

tetradic

#BC9686 #91BC86 #86ACBC #B186BC

square

#BC9686 #91BC86 #86ACBC #B186BC

split-complementary

#BC9686 #86BCB1 #8691BC

monochromatic

#805847 #A6745F #BC9686 #D2B8AD #E8DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#BC9686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9686

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9686	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 150, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.051 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5a9',
    500: '#bc9686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9686;
$custom-light: #d1b5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.778,
    "s": 28.723,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70397,
    "c": 0.05134,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.34225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9686

secondary

#C5D3D9

accent

#88A73E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9686

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

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