#BC9860#BC9860

#BC9860 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.085 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9860
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 96)
HSL	hsl(37, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, 6.26, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 34.98, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% 0.0181 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.085 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0799, 33.9942, 15.8305)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9860 #6084BC

analogous

#BC6A60 #BC9860 #B2BC60

triadic

#BC9860 #60BC98 #9860BC

tetradic

#BC9860 #60BC6A #6084BC #BC60B2

square

#BC9860 #60BC6A #6084BC #BC60B2

split-complementary

#BC9860 #60B2BC #6A60BC

monochromatic

#725830 #9D7942 #BC9860 #CEB48B #E0D0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#BC9860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9860

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9860	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.085 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b68e',
    500: '#bc9860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9860;
$custom-light: #d2b68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 40.708,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70026,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9860

secondary

#A9B8CF

accent

#87D157

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9860

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

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