#BC985D#BC985D

#BC985D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.088 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC985D
RGBrgb(188, 152, 93)
HSLhsl(37, 41%, 55%)
HSVhsv(37, 51%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.1%, 50.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.91, 5.97, 35.95)
CIE-LCHlch(64.91, 36.44, 80.57°)
OKLaboklab(69.98% 0.017 0.0865)
OKLCHoklch(69.98% 0.088 78.9)
XYZxyz(33.9445, 33.9400, 15.1170)
Luminance0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC985D #5D81BC
analogous
#BC685D #BC985D #B1BC5D
triadic
#BC985D #5DBC98 #985DBC
tetradic
#BC985D #5DBC68 #5D81BC #BC5DB1
square
#BC985D #5DBC68 #5D81BC #BC5DB1
split-complementary
#BC985D #5DB1BC #685DBC
monochromatic
#70572E #9B7940 #BC985D #CEB488 #E0CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70
#BC985D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79
#BC985D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC985D
7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC985D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BC985D1.002.707.797.79
#FFFFFF2.701.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7921.001.001.00
##0000007.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA15F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA8E8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc985d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.088 78.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68c',
    500: '#bc985d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc985d;
$custom-light: #d2b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc985d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.263,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69978,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC985D
secondary
#A6B6CE
accent
#85D156
background
#FDFBF8
surface
#FAF6F0
border
#D3D0CB
text
#14110C
muted
#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC985D

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#BC985D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva