#BC985E#BC985E

#BC985E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.087 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC985E
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, 6.07, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 35.95, 80.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% 0.0173 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.087 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9890, 33.9579, 15.3518)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC985E #5E82BC

analogous

#BC695E #BC985E #B1BC5E

triadic

#BC985E #5EBC98 #985EBC

tetradic

#BC985E #5EBC69 #5E82BC #BC5EB1

square

#BC985E #5EBC69 #5E82BC #BC5EB1

split-complementary

#BC985E #5EB1BC #695EBC

monochromatic

#71572F #9C7941 #BC985E #CEB489 #E0CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#BC985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC985E

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC985E	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.087 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68c',
    500: '#bc985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc985e;
$custom-light: #d2b68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 41.228,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC985E

secondary

#A7B6CF

accent

#86D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC985E

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

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