#BC9779#BC9779

#BC9779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.061 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9779
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(27, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 9.58, 21.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 23.13, 65.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% 0.0299 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.061 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2577, 34.2068, 22.8309)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9779 #799EBC

analogous

#BC797C #BC9779 #BCB879

triadic

#BC9779 #79BC97 #9779BC

tetradic

#BC9779 #7CBC79 #799EBC #B879BC

square

#BC9779 #7CBC79 #799EBC #B879BC

split-complementary

#BC9779 #79BCB8 #797CBC

monochromatic

#7C5A3E #A57853 #BC9779 #D0B7A2 #E5D6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#BC9779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#BC9779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9779

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9779	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.061 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5a0',
    500: '#bc9779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9779;
$custom-light: #d1b5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.06098,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9779

secondary

#BCCAD5

accent

#79AC39

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF6F2

border

#D3D0CC

text

#14110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9779

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

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