#BC9761#BC9761

#BC9761 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.084 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9761
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, 6.90, 33.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 34.28, 78.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.84% 0.0201 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(69.84% 0.084 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9647, 33.6895, 16.0207)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9761 #6186BC

analogous

#BC6961 #BC9761 #B3BC61

triadic

#BC9761 #61BC97 #9761BC

tetradic

#BC9761 #61BC69 #6186BC #BC61B3

square

#BC9761 #61BC69 #6186BC #BC61B3

split-complementary

#BC9761 #61B3BC #6961BC

monochromatic

#725730 #9D7843 #BC9761 #CEB38C #E0D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#BC9761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9761

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9761	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.084 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b58f',
    500: '#bc9761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9761;
$custom-light: #d2b58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.604,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69841,
    "c": 0.08387,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9761

secondary

#AAB9CF

accent

#89D057

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9761

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

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