#BC985A#BC985A

#BC985A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.091 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC985A
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 5.70, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 37.90, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% 0.0158 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.091 80)
XYZ	xyz(33.8142, 33.8879, 14.4308)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC985A #5A7EBC

analogous

#BC675A #BC985A #AFBC5A

triadic

#BC985A #5ABC98 #985ABC

tetradic

#BC985A #5ABC67 #5A7EBC #BC5AAF

square

#BC985A #5ABC67 #5A7EBC #BC5AAF

split-complementary

#BC985A #5AAFBC #675ABC

monochromatic

#6F572D #9A793F #BC985A #CEB386 #DFCEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC985A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC985A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC985A

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC985A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC985A	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc985a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.091 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bc985a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc985a;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc985a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 42.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.09103,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.33886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC985A

secondary

#A4B3CE

accent

#83D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC985A

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

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