#BC9765#BC9765

#BC9765 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.080 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9765
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 101)
HSL	hsl(34, 39%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 46%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 46.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 7.30, 31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 32.35, 76.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% 0.0217 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.08 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1559, 33.7660, 17.0278)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9765 #658ABC

analogous

#BC6C65 #BC9765 #B6BC65

triadic

#BC9765 #65BC97 #9765BC

tetradic

#BC9765 #65BC6C #658ABC #BC65B6

square

#BC9765 #65BC6C #658ABC #BC65B6

split-complementary

#BC9765 #65B6BC #6C65BC

monochromatic

#745833 #9F7945 #BC9765 #CFB490 #E1D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#BC9765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#BC9765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9765

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9765	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98D8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.080 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b591',
    500: '#bc9765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9765;
$custom-light: #d2b591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.483,
    "s": 39.367,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69908,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9765

secondary

#ADBCD0

accent

#8BCF59

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9765

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

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