#BC9769#BC9769

#BC9769 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.076 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9769
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 105)
HSL	hsl(33, 38%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 44%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 44.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, 7.72, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 30.44, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0233 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.076 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3567, 33.8463, 18.0852)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9769 #698EBC

analogous

#BC6D69 #BC9769 #B8BC69

triadic

#BC9769 #69BC97 #9769BC

tetradic

#BC9769 #69BC6D #698EBC #BC69B8

square

#BC9769 #69BC6D #698EBC #BC69B8

split-complementary

#BC9769 #69B8BC #6D69BC

monochromatic

#765935 #A07948 #BC9769 #CFB493 #E2D2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC9769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#BC9769 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9769

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9769	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)

#A49866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.076 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b594',
    500: '#bc9769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9769;
$custom-light: #d2b594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.253,
    "s": 38.249,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69979,
    "c": 0.07606,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9769

secondary

#B0BFD1

accent

#8ECE5A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9769

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

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