#BC985F#BC985F

#BC985F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.086 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC985F
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 95)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, 6.16, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 35.47, 80.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% 0.0177 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.086 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0342, 33.9759, 15.5896)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC985F #5F83BC

analogous

#BC695F #BC985F #B1BC5F

triadic

#BC985F #5FBC98 #985FBC

tetradic

#BC985F #5FBC69 #5F83BC #BC5FB1

square

#BC985F #5FBC69 #5F83BC #BC5FB1

split-complementary

#BC985F #5FB1BC #695FBC

monochromatic

#71582F #9C7941 #BC985F #CEB48A #E0D0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC985F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#BC985F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC985F

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC985F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC985F	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	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)

#A6985A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc985f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.086 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68d',
    500: '#bc985f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc985f;
$custom-light: #d2b68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc985f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7001,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC985F

secondary

#A8B7CF

accent

#86D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC985F

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

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