#BC9863#BC9863

#BC9863 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.082 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9863
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 99)
HSL	hsl(36, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 47%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 47.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, 6.55, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 33.52, 78.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0193 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.082 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2207, 34.0505, 16.5719)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9863 #6387BC

analogous

#BC6C63 #BC9863 #B4BC63

triadic

#BC9863 #63BC98 #9863BC

tetradic

#BC9863 #63BC6C #6387BC #BC63B4

square

#BC9863 #63BC6C #6387BC #BC63B4

split-complementary

#BC9863 #63B4BC #6C63BC

monochromatic

#735931 #9E7A44 #BC9863 #CEB48E #E1D1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#BC9863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#BC9863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9863

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9863	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6995F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C98E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.082 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2b690',
    500: '#bc9863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9863;
$custom-light: #d2b690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.73,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70076,
    "c": 0.08225,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9863

secondary

#ABBAD0

accent

#88D058

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9863

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

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