#BC985B#BC985B

#BC985B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.090 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC985B
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 51.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, 5.79, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 37.41, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0162 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.09 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8570, 33.9051, 14.6565)
Luminance	0.3390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC985B #5B7FBC

analogous

#BC685B #BC985B #AFBC5B

triadic

#BC985B #5BBC98 #985BBC

tetradic

#BC985B #5BBC68 #5B7FBC #BC5BAF

square

#BC985B #5BBC68 #5B7FBC #BC5BAF

split-complementary

#BC985B #5BAFBC #685BBC

monochromatic

#6F572D #9B793F #BC985B #CEB386 #E0CFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC985B

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC985B	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)

#A79856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8D89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.090 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68a',
    500: '#bc985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc985b;
$custom-light: #d2b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.732,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69947,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC985B

secondary

#A5B4CE

accent

#84D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC985B

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

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