#BC978A#BC978A

#BC978A is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.048 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC978A
RGB	rgb(188, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 27%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 27%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, 11.85, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 16.93, 45.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% 0.037 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.048 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3936, 34.6611, 28.8131)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC978A #8AAFBC

analogous

#BC8A96 #BC978A #BCB08A

triadic

#BC978A #8ABC97 #978ABC

tetradic

#BC978A #96BC8A #8AAFBC #B08ABC

square

#BC978A #96BC8A #8AAFBC #B08ABC

split-complementary

#BC978A #8ABCB0 #8A96BC

monochromatic

#81594A #A67463 #BC978A #D2BAB1 #E9DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#BC978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#BC978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC978A

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC978A	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A28A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C69293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.048 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b5ac',
    500: '#bc978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc978a;
$custom-light: #d1b5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 27.174,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70693,
    "c": 0.04843,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC978A

secondary

#C8D5DA

accent

#8BA640

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F9F6F4

border

#D2D0CE

text

#141110

muted

#82807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC978A

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

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