#BC985C#BC985C

#BC985C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.089 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC985C
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(38, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 51.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, 5.88, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 36.93, 80.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0166 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.089 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9005, 33.9224, 14.8852)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC985C #5C80BC

analogous

#BC685C #BC985C #B0BC5C

triadic

#BC985C #5CBC98 #985CBC

tetradic

#BC985C #5CBC68 #5C80BC #BC5CB0

square

#BC985C #5CBC68 #5C80BC #BC5CB0

split-complementary

#BC985C #5CB0BC #685CBC

monochromatic

#70572E #9B7940 #BC985C #CEB387 #E0CFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#BC985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC985C

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC985C	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)

#A79857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.089 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68b',
    500: '#bc985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc985c;
$custom-light: #d2b68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69963,
    "c": 0.0891,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC985C

secondary

#A6B5CE

accent

#84D256

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC985C

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

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