#BC9783#BC9783

#BC9783 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.053 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9783
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 131)
HSL	hsl(21, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 30%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 30.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 10.88, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 19.17, 55.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0341 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.053 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.9031, 34.4649, 26.2296)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9783 #83A8BC

analogous

#BC838B #BC9783 #BCB483

triadic

#BC9783 #83BC97 #9783BC

tetradic

#BC9783 #8BBC83 #83A8BC #B483BC

square

#BC9783 #8BBC83 #83A8BC #B483BC

split-complementary

#BC9783 #83BCB4 #838BBC

monochromatic

#805A45 #A7765B #BC9783 #D1B8AB #E7DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#BC9783 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#BC9783 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9783

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9783	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9783	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69192

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9783;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.053 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5a7',
    500: '#bc9783',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9783;
$custom-light: #d1b5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9783",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.053,
    "s": 29.843,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70522,
    "c": 0.05287,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9783

secondary

#C3D0D8

accent

#83A93D

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#14110F

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9783

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

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